Description
A locking problem in POSIX timer cleanup handling on exit in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.14, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) involving process CPU timers.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.9/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15722
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15722
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 25, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified