CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-18255.md

### [CVE-2017-18255](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18255)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/

#### Github
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