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-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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-02-24T00:28:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2006-7051

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