CVE-2005-3660

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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