CVE-2006-1859: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in __setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified actions related to an "uninitialised return value," aka "slab leak."

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.16.15 only

Published 2006-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.