Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Mar 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-7995
CVE-2018-7995
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 directory. NOTE: a third party has indicated that this report is not security relevant
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Affected products
6- Range: <=4.15.7
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
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References
10- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/2/970nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103356nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvdThird Party Advisory
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