CVE-2011-4621 (GCVE-0-2011-4621)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-17 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
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Summary
The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop.
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