CVE-2006-3741

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2006-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

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

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