CVE-2005-3271 Information

Description

Exec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533 http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/1107.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/