### [CVE-2005-3857](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3857)
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### Description

The time_out_leases function in locks.c for Linux kernel before 2.6.15-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel log message consumption) by causing a large number of broken leases, which is recorded to the log using the printk function.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.