CVE-2018-20784 (GCVE-0-2018-20784)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-22 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74… x_refsource_MISC
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_MISC
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/Chan… x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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