cve/2003/CVE-2003-0986.md

### [CVE-2003-0986](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0986)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707

#### Github
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