# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084755
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b3b7c4795ccab5be71f080774c45bbbcc75c2aaf
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/2/970
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103356
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/

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