Candidate: CVE-2006-1862
Description: 
 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.
References: 
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 jmm> There's some indication that this is RH-specific, needs to be checked
 dannf> Yeah, this code is neither in debian's 2.4.27/2.6.8 or 2.6.16 upstream
 dannf> I also cannot reproduce on debian's 2.6.8 with the test case given in:
 dannf>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189031
Bugs: 
upstream: N/A
linux-2.6: N/A
2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A
2.6.15-dapper-security: N/A
2.6.17-edgy-security: N/A