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."
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References | () http://osvdb.org/37127 - | |
References | () http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf - |
Information
Published : 2007-07-12 16:30
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:33
NVD link : CVE-2007-3719
Mitre link : CVE-2007-3719
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-3719
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE