CVE-2018-20784 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8