CVE-2017-18255

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3