CVE-2006-2445 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2445?

CVE-2006-2445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-2445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3wq3-fv46-cvpq.