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CVE-2007-3719
Published: Jul 12, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
37127
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
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