CVE-2006-1862

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.9-2.6.20

References

http://osvdb.org/31663
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189031
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189260
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9390
http://osvdb.org/31663
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

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