What is CVE-2018-7995?

CVE-2018-7995 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2018-7995 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-7995?

CVE-2018-7995 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-7995?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2018-7995. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2018-7995 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-7995 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2018-7995

Medium

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

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-03-09

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2018-7995 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2018-7995 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103356

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
SUSE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084755

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b3b7c4795ccab5be71f080774c45bbbcc75c2aaf
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/2/970
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2018-7995

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-03-09

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7995?

CVE-2018-7995 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2018-7995 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-7995?

CVE-2018-7995 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-7995?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2018-7995. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2018-7995 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2018-7995 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. View CWE-362 on MITRE CWE →