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CVE-2018-7995

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CVE-2018-7995

Published: Mar 9, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

DSA-4187
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-3654-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-4188
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
103356
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3654-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3656-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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