Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-7051
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.
EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.18.0, 2.6.18.1, 2.6.18.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)