CVE - CVE-2018-20784

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20784	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0 MISC:https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:1959 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:1971 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971 UBUNTU:USN-4115-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ UBUNTU:USN-4118-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ UBUNTU:USN-4211-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ UBUNTU:USN-4211-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20190222	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20190222)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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