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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-07-12T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:28:51.936Z

Reserved: 2007-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-3719

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-12T16:30:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:33:54.230

Link: CVE-2007-3719

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-3719 - Bugzilla