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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-02-24T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:50:06.220Z
Reserved: 2007-02-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-7051
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-02-24T00:28:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-30T16:25:10.013
Link: CVE-2006-7051
Redhat
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