CVE-2006-1862

CVE-2006-1862 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

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