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CVE-2005-3119

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

Memory leak in the request_key_auth_destroy function in request_key_auth in Linux kernel 2.6.10 up to 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of authorization token keys.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 2.6.10 through 2.6.13

References

• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4043483fddCiQX1WyG_orbko06TrjMVA
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17114
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17364
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11236
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4043483fddCiQX1WyG_orbko06TrjMVA
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17114
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17364
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11236

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