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low 1.7

CVE-2003-0986 json

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 functi…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0976

cvss
1.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-BOOT RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-source RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-9.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:017

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0986 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kernel 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-9.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-9.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kernel 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-9.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-9.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-9.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:017

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.7 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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