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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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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.6.16.16

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