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CVE-2005-3857

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.

POC

Reference

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727

Github

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