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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.

Published

2007-02-24T00:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.18.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.19.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.20 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.20.1 Yes
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