CVE-2005-3119 Information

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.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@43483fddCiQX1WyG_orbko06TrjMVA http://secunia.com/advisories/17114 http://secunia.com/advisories/17364 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11236