Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2006-1860

lease_init in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (fcntl_setlease lockup) via actions that cause lease_init to free a lock that might not have been allocated on the stack.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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