CVE-2005-3805: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.10 only; version 2.6.11 only; version 2.6.11.1 only; version 2.6.11.2 only; version 2.6.11.3 only; version 2.6.11.4 only; …

Published 2005-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.