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Tracker / CVE-2018-20784

CVE-2018-20784

Critical 9.8

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.

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · 4.13 → 4.14.93
linux linux_kernel · 4.19 → 4.19.15
linux linux_kernel · 4.20 → 4.20.2
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat enterprise_linux_for_real_time

Analysis

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