Published: 21/10/2005 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 187

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: ...

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2004-2302 A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local users to read kernel memory and ca ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/1107.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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