CVE-2018-20784
Critical
CVE-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.
Exploit probability
4.2%
Published
February 22, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-20784
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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/