| Name | CVE-2007-3719 |
| Description | 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
This is the existing default behaviour of the scheduler, can be tuned
to suit individual needs