CVE-2007-3719
Publication date 12 July 2007
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| linux-source-2.6.15 | ||
| linux-source-2.6.17 | ||
| linux-source-2.6.20 | ||
| linux-source-2.6.22 |