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CVE-2005-3271

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2005-10-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Exec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References