Description
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."
Published: 2007-07-12
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-3704 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."
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:28:52.155Z

Reserved: 2007-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3720

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-3720

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