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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2006-10-09T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.990Z

Reserved: 2006-07-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-3741

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-10T04:05:00.000

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:16:37.713

Link: CVE-2006-3741

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-3741 - Bugzilla