CVE-2006-2445

Upstream information

CVE-2006-2445 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in run_posix_cpu_timers in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON crash) by causing one CPU to attach a timer to a process that is exiting.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 186582 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2006:042, published Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:49:16 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:16:18 2023