--- title: "CVE-2005-3110\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3110?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-3110 Publication date 30 September 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Race condition in ebtables netfilter module (ebtables.c) in Linux 2.6, when running on an SMP system that is operating under a heavy load, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of packets that cause a value to be modified after it has been read but before it has been locked. ## Status Show unmaintained releases --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3110) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3110) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-3110) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3110) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-199-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-199-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 11 October 2005 ### Other references *