Wind River Support Network

HomeDefectsSCP7-969

Acknowledged

SCP7-969 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2018-20784

Created: Mar 27, 2019 Updated: May 18, 2019

Resolved Date: Apr 15, 2019

Previous ID: CGP7-399

Found In Version: 7.0.0.29

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7

Component/s: Kernel

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.

CREATE(Triage): {Link=https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20784 User=admin}