CVE-2005-3857

Linux Kernel < 2.6.15 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

The time_out_leases function in locks.c for Linux kernel before 2.6.15-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel log message consumption) by causing a large number of broken leases, which is recorded to the log using the printk function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Avi Kivity · cdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26648

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References (26)

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174337

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19369

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18203

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19607

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113190437101622&w=2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113175851920568&w=2

[Vendor Advisory] ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072

... and 6 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 52.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (13)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.0

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.1 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.2 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.3 (5 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.4 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.5 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.6 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.7 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8 (5 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8.1

... and 3 more

Published Nov 27, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026