CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-18255
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 4.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ usn.ubuntu.com