CVE-2018-20784
In the Linux kernel before 4.20.2, kernel/sched/fair.c mishandles leaf cfs_rq's, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop in update_blocked_averages) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inducing a high load.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2019-02-22
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Linux Kernel (Linux)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Real Time (Redhat)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/
