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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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-4187
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-3654-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084755
x_refsource_MISC
DSA-4188
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/2/970
x_refsource_MISC
103356
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3654-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[debian-lts-announce] 20180502 [SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-3656-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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