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CVE-2005-3805
A locking problem in POSIX timer cleanup handling on exit in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.14, when running on SMP systems, allows local…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
Description
A locking problem in POSIX timer cleanup handling on exit in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.14, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) involving process CPU timers.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 17917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 18203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 17918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-231-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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