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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.522Z

Reserved: 2005-11-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3857

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-27T21:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-11-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-3857 - Bugzilla

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