CVE-2005-3181

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

• CWE-401

• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23Broken Link
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcABroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17114Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17280Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17364Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17917Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9467Broken Link
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23Broken Link
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcABroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17114Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17280Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17364Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17917Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9467Broken Link

Published

Oct 12, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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