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.

• CWE-399

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113175851920568&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113190437101622&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17786Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17787Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18203Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18510Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19369Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19607Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15627
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174337
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113175851920568&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113190437101622&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17786Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17787Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18203Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18510Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19369Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19607Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15627
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174337
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

Published

Nov 27, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified