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).
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.9/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 10, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified