Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-3271
Exec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.
EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)