CVE-2018-20784
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.17% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-835 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-02-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| 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
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/
- 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/
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