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."
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-07-12T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T14:28:51.936Z
Reserved: 2007-07-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-3719

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-07-12T16:30:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-3719
