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CVE-2006-7051

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

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.

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
0.9% (61th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2006-7033)
Published
February 24, 2007
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7033 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel
  • linux / linux kernel

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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