A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an error in the "hrtimer_start()" [kernel/hrtimer.c] function when handling large relative timeout values, which could be exploited by malicious users to panic a vulnerable system or potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2007-12-17 : Initial release
2007-12-18 : Updated Solution
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