CVE-2005-3271

CVE-2005-3271

CVE-2005-3271 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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