CWE Code: 399
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  Resource Management Errors
Summary: ** disputed ** an issue was discovered in the linux kernel through 4.17.2. since the page allocator does not yield cpu resources to the owner of the oom_lock mutex, a local unprivileged user can trivially lock up the system forever by wasting cpu resources from the page allocator (e.g., via concurrent page fault events) when the global oom killer is invoked. note: the software maintainer has not accepted certain proposed patches, in part because of a viewpoint that "the underlying problem is non-trivial to handle."
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-06-21
Last Modified Date: 2018-08-21