Fingerout

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** Linux kernel version 2.6.x **Description** The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming memory and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed. This is achieved by creating a large number of posix timers, which are allocated in kernel memory but not treated as part of the process' memory. **Recommendations** For Linux kernel version 2.6.x, consider restricting the creation of posix timers to prevent excessive memory consumption until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the number of timers that can be created by a single process may help mitigate the risk of denial of service.