CVE-2005-3805

N/A Unknown

Published: November 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

A locking problem in POSIX timer cleanup handling on exit in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.14, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) involving process CPU timers.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17917

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http://secunia.com/advisories/17918

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18203

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15722

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead