{"id":"CVE-2017-18255","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:24:09.581591Z","published":"2018-03-31T17:29:00.263Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:1255-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1275-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.11"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18255.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}