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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-7033 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:50:06.220Z

Reserved: 2007-02-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-7051

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-02-24T00:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-7051

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