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CVE-2006-7051
Published: Feb 24, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
1657
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
2287
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
linux-systimercreate-dos(25712)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20060404 Linux Kernel Local DoS vulnerability.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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