CVE-2006-3741
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 9, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 20, 2006
Description
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).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
- MDKSA-2007:025vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2006:079vendor-advisory
- 22279third-party-advisory
- 22292third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2006:0689vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250vdb-entrysignature
- MDKSA-2006:182vendor-advisory
- 22382third-party-advisory
- 23474third-party-advisory
- kernel-sysperfmon-dos(29384)vdb-entry
- DSA-1233vendor-advisory
- 23370third-party-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- 22945third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3937vdb-entry
- 20361vdb-entry
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