CVE-2019-19922

Summary

CVECVE-2019-19922
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-14 19:15:00 UTC
Descriptionkernel/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.)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff Baseboard Management Controller a700 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Data Availability Services - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All
Application Netapp Fas/aff Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h610s All All All
Hardware Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Oracle Sd-wan Edge 8.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CFS quotas can lead to unnecessary throttling · Issue #67577 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
January 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-4226-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
sched/fair: Fix low cpu usage with high throttling by removing expira… · torvalds/linux@de53fd7 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.9 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
The Kernel Change That May Be Slowing Down Your App – Repeatable Systems MISC relistan.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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