fkie_cve-2006-7051
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-02-24 00:28
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The sys_timer_create function in posix-timers.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed by creating a large number of posix timers, which are allocated in kernel memory but are not treated as part of the process' memory.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.7
linux linux_kernel 2.6.19
linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.20
linux linux_kernel 2.6.20.1


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