CVE-2005-3857 EXPLOIT
4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 57)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.84% — more likely to be exploited than 57% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-11-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Time_Out_Leases PrintK Local Denial of Service | 2005-11-29 |
References
- 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/17786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- 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
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