CVE-2006-2445

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Race condition in run_posix_cpu_timers in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON crash) by causing one CPU to attach a timer to a process that is exiting.

References (18)

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115015841413687

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/26947

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18615

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27380

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30f1e3dd8c72abda343bcf415f7d8894a02b4290

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20703

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20831

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20991

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21045

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 24.7%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Jun 23, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026