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CVE-2018-7995

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 de…

Impact

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 4.15.7
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 7.0

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References