ghsa-gjm4-57hm-j3hg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:39
Modified
2022-05-14 01:39
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18255"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-03-31T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-gjm4-57hm-j3hg",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:39:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:39:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607"
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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