VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3805
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.