CWE
835
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2018-20784

First published: Fri Dec 28 2018(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:4.18.0-80.7.1.rt9.153.el8_0
0:4.18.0-80.7.1.rt9.153.el8_0
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-80.7.1.el8_0
0:4.18.0-80.7.1.el8_0
Linux Linux kernel>=4.13<4.14.93
Linux Linux kernel>=4.19<4.19.15
Linux Linux kernel>=4.20<4.20.2
Linux Linux kernel=5.0-rc1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time=8
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.112-1
6.11.7-1
6.11.9-1

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