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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-7051

CVE-2006-7051

Description

The sys_timer_create function in posix-timers.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed by creating a large number of posix timers, which are allocated in kernel memory but are not treated as part of the process' memory.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel15 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/Linux Kernelllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.6.x

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