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).
Score: 1.5
Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)
Score: 0.00045
Percentile:
0.13275
CVSS v2 Score: 4.9
Severity: