6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
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.”
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.16 |