{"cve":"CVE-2006-3741","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T04:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:27:42.703","status":"Modified","description":"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).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360","http://secunia.com/advisories/22279","http://secunia.com/advisories/22292","http://secunia.com/advisories/22382","http://secunia.com/advisories/22945"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3741","score":0.00438,"percentile":0.38074,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}