Vulnerability: Lack of copy_from_user Function in PPC64 Architecture on Linux Kernel

Vulnerability: Lack of copy_from_user Function in PPC64 Architecture on Linux Kernel

CVE-2003-0986 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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