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CVE-2003-0986

Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the copy_from_user function when copying data…

Impact

Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernelspace, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Versions 2.4.0, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.21, 2.4.22, 2.4.23
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Version 3.0

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