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CVE-2017-18255

Published: Mar 31, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an incorrect sample-rate calculation.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

[debian-lts-announce] 20180718 [SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d

x_refsource_MISC

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d

x_refsource_MISC

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