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."
Published May 12, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.16.15
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 36.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 35.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 19.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 33.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 30.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00116) | 44.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 34.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 29.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20083 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- 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 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
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