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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 Jul 12, 2007

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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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 12, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3720
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2007-3720
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2007-3720