CVE-2005-3805

A locking problem in POSIX timer cleanup handling on exit in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.14, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) involving process CPU timers.

• How can I get the fixes?
• What do statuses mean?

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-231-1
• Linux kernel vulnerabilities
• 23 December 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3805