CVE-2005-3271

Publication date

2005-10-20 04:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

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.