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
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perf | Apr 27, 2020 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 2, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headers | May 2, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perf | Feb 26, 2019 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-libs | Nov 19, 2019 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-devel | Dec 11, 2019 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Jan 4, 2019 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1090-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1060-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1026-kvmUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1022-awsUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1093-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-127-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency | May 29, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 9, 2018 |
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