High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18255
CVE-2017-18255
Description
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.
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Affected products
45- osv-coords44 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_34&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_34&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_34&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_31&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 4.4.180-94.116.1+ 43 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.htmlnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/nvd
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