cve-2017-18255
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-03-31 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 21:13
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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.
References
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