CVE-2019-19922
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 22
Latest updateMay 24
Description
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…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages6 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 19.04
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
3💬Community
2Bugzilla▶
CVE-2019-19922 kernel: when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used allows attackers to cause a denial of service against non-cpu-bound applications↗2020-01-17
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2019-19922 kernel: when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used allows attackers to cause a denial of service against non-cpu-bound applications [fedora-all]↗2020-01-17