CVE-2017-18255 (GCVE-0-2017-18255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-31 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
VLAI
Summary
The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an incorrect sample-rate calculation.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2018-03-31 00:00
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