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CVE-2006-1859
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- 2006-0028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- linux-locks-setlease-dos(26438) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-302-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 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 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21045 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1859 (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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