UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20784

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20784

    Published: 22 Feb 2019Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20784
    Aliases:
    USN-4115-1
    USN-4118-1
    USN-4211-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20784, https://git.kernel.org/linus/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4115-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4211-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4211-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20784

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1059.63

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
    4.4.0-1048.52
    4.4.0-1050.54
    4.4.0-1052.56
    4.4.0-1054.58
    4.4.0-1055.59
    4.4.0-1056.60
    4.4.0-1058.62

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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