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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.9/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- 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/
- 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/
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 27, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified