vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-7995: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-1023)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2018-03-09 | 2019-01-25 | 2022-10-14 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2018-03-09
Added
2019-01-25
Modified
2022-10-14
Description
** DISPUTED ** 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 directory. NOTE: a third party has indicated that this report is not security relevant.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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