Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2005-3857

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (54.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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