What is CVE-2006-3741?

CVE-2006-3741 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2006-3741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-3741?

CVE-2006-3741 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-3741?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-3741 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-3741 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-3741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-3741

Medium

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).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-10-10

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

18 total

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382

Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html

Patch Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-3741

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-10-10

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-3741?

CVE-2006-3741 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2006-3741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-3741?

CVE-2006-3741 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-3741?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-3741 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-3741 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-3741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.