CVE-2017-18255
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18255
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18255.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-18255
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-03-31T17:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The perfcputimemaxpercent_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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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/