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CVE-2018-7995

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-7995
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.31%
Linux

Original NVD 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