CVE-2006-3741
Published: 10 October 2006
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).
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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linux-source-2.6.17 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
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edgy |
Released
(2.6.17.1-12.40)
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feisty |
Does not exist
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upstream |
Needs triage
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