CVE-2006-1859

N/A Unknown
Published: May 12, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20083
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7%3Bhp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34%3Bhb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618%3Bf=fs/locks.c
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7%3Bhp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34%3Bhb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618%3Bf=fs/locks.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux