CVE-2006-3741
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3735)
- Published
- October 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3735 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22279(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22382(Vendor Advisory)
- 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.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
- 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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