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).
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
Vendors | Products |
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Linux |
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Redhat |
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Configuration 1 [-]
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Package | CPE | Advisory | Released Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | |||
kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 | RHSA-2006:0689 | 2006-10-05T00:00:00Z |
References
History
No history.

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.990Z
Reserved: 2006-07-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-3741

No data.

Status : Deferred
Published: 2006-10-10T04:05:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2006-3741
