Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1859
CVE-2006-1859
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."
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References
13- secunia.com/advisories/20083nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20716nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21045nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21179nvd
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438nvd
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