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CVE-2005-3857

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2005-11-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References