CVE-2007-3719
First published: Thu Jul 12 2007(Updated: )
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."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.16 |
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