CVE-2007-3720

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.4 performs scheduling based on CPU billing gathered from periodic process sampling ticks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing voluntary nanosecond sleeps that result in the process not being active during a clock interrupt, as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://osvdb.org/37126
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf
http://osvdb.org/37126
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://osvdb.org/37126 -~~	() http://osvdb.org/37126 -
References	~~() http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf -~~	() 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-2007-3720

Mitre link : CVE-2007-3720

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-3720

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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