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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-3721

CVE-2007-3721

Description

The ULE process scheduler in the FreeBSD kernel 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."

Affected products

2
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

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