Race condition vulnerability in store_int_with_restart() function in Linux kernel through version 4.15.7 allows local users to cause denial of service (panic)

CVE-2018-7995 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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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