CVE-2008-1294: Input Validation

First published: Fri May 02 2008(Updated: )

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

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