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CVE-2006-3741
Published: Oct 9, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The perfmonctl system call (sys_perfmonctl) in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6 before 2.6.18, when running on Itanium systems, does not properly track the reference count for file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
x_refsource_CONFIRM
MDKSA-2007:025
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SUSE-SA:2006:079
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
22279
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
22292
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2006:0689
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
MDKSA-2006:182
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
22382
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
23474
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
kernel-sysperfmon-dos(29384)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
DSA-1233
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
23370
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
22945
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2006-3937
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
20361
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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