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CVE-2006-7051

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.18.0, 2.6.18.1, 2.6.18.2, 2.6.18.3, 2.6.18.4, 2.6.18.5 (+9)

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657

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