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CVE-2005-3271

CVE-2005-3271

EPSS 0.4%
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
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References
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17826http://secunia.com/advisories/17917http://secunia.com/advisories/18056https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/1107.html