CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-835
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time
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