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CVE-2019-19922
published 2019-12-22

CVE-2019-19922: kernel/sched/fair.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used (e.g., with Kubernetes), allows attackers to cause a denial of service…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.95%
57.2th percentile
kernel/sched/fair.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used (e.g., with Kubernetes), allows attackers to cause a denial of service against non-cpu-bound applications by generating a workload that triggers unwanted slice expiration, aka CID-de53fd7aedb1. (In other words, although this slice expiration would typically be seen with benign workloads, it is possible that an attacker could calculate how many stray requests are required to force an entire Kubernetes cluster into a low-performance state caused by slice expiration, and ensure that a DDoS attack sent that number of stray requests. An attack does not affect the stability of the kernel; it only causes mismanagement of application execution.)

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.3.9-1 (bookworm)linux 5.3.9-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.3.95.3.9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.9-15.3.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.9-15.3.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.9-15.3.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.3.9-15.3.9-1
netappaff_baseboard_management_controller
netappe-series_santricity_os_controller11.0 – 11.70.2
netapphci_baseboard_management_controller
oraclesd-wan_edge

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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