Candidate: CVE-2005-3857 References: CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3a9388e4ebea57583272007311fffa26ebbb305 Description: [PATCH] VFS: local denial-of-service with file leases . The time_out_leases function in locks.c for Linux kernel before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel log message consumption) by causing a large number of broken leases, which is recorded to the log using the printk function. Notes: Sent for inclusion in 2.4.33 Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.15-rc2), needed (2.6.33) linux-2.6: released (2.6.14+2.6.15-rc5-0experimental.1) 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge2) 2.4.27-sarge-security: released (2.4.27-10sarge2) 2.4.19-woody-security: 2.4.18-woody-security: 2.4.17-woody-security: 2.4.16-woody-security: 2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: 2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: 2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: