Published: 22/02/2019 Updated: 02/06/2021

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 668

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In the Linux kernel prior to 4.20.2, kernel/sched/fair.c mishandles leaf cfs_rq's, which allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop in update_blocked_averages) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inducing a high load.

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redhat enterprise linux 8.0
redhat enterprise linux for real time 8

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

USN 4115-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel ...

CWE-835 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c40f7d74c741a907cfaeb73a7697081881c497d0 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2 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://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/

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