4.7

CVE-2005-3106: canonical ubuntu_linux Improper Locking

Modified
Published 30-09-2005Last modified 16-01-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3106 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) Improper Locking vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-922-1RHSA-2006:0101

Timeline

  1. 30-09-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
Linux1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

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