CVE-2006-7051 | BDVDB-2026-22456 Detail

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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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1. Version 12007-02-24Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.