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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-3181

CVE-2005-3181

Description

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

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Affected products

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  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Kernel
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=2.6.0,<=2.6.13.3
  • Mandriva/Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2006.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/Linux Kernelllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.6.6 to < 2.6.13.4

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