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CVE-2018-7995

CVSS v3.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 3
Advisories 33
NVD Status Modified
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Race condition in the store_int_with_restart() function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging root access to write to the check_interval file in a /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck<cpu number> directory. NOTE: a third party has indicated that this report is not security relevant

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
NVD Status
Modified
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2018-03-09 15:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2024-08-05 07:15:46
(6 weeks ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Debian

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.15.7 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.15.7

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0