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."
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-07-12T16:30:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-3720
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD