CVE-2006-7051
N/A
Published: February 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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