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CVE-2005-3271

• 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: 2005-10-21 · updated 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 products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.0

References

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

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