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CVE-2006-2445

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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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27380

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18615

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/26947

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

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

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

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

http://secunia.com/advisories/21045

http://secunia.com/advisories/20991

http://secunia.com/advisories/20831

http://secunia.com/advisories/20703

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115015841413687

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-06-23

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00064

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