MEDIUM
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
Published Nov 25, 2005
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.40% 0.00398
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00398
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15722 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25f407f0b668f5e4ebd5d13e1fb4306ba6427ead | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15722 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 25, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 25, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3805
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a