CVE-2005-3857: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.15; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; …

Published 2005-11-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.