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."
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Information

Published : 2007-07-12 04:30

Updated : 2008-11-15 06:53


NVD link : CVE-2007-3720

Mitre link : CVE-2007-3720

Products Affected
No products.