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).
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
Source: MITRE
Published: 2006-10-10
Updated: 2018-10-30
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM