CVE-2006-1859

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Memory leak in __setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified actions related to an "uninitialised return value," aka "slab leak."

References (13)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20083

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7%3Bhp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34%3Bhb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618%3Bf=fs/locks.c

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21045

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767

Scores

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 22.2%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published May 12, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026