CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3119

2.1 LOW Published 2005-10-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-10-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

Memory leak in the request_key_auth_destroy function in request_key_auth in Linux kernel 2.6.10 up to 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of authorization token keys.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.10 <= 2.6.13)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References