cve-2018-20784
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-02-22 15:00
Modified
2024-08-05 12:12
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/Third Party Advisory
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