FKIE_CVE-2006-1859
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-05-12 01:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:23
Severity
Summary
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."
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.16.15 |
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