CVE-2006-3741

N/A Unknown
Published: October 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux