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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-7995): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2, Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-7995): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2, Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2018
Modified
08/25/2021

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<cpu number> directory. NOTE: a third party has indicated that this report is not security relevant.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1022-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1026-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1060-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1090-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1093-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

References

  • USN-3653-1
  • USN-3653-2
  • USN-3654-1
  • USN-3654-2
  • USN-3655-1
  • USN-3655-2
  • USN-3656-1
  • USN-3657-1
  • USN-3674-1
  • USN-3674-2
  • USN-3677-1
  • USN-3677-2
  • USN-3697-1
  • USN-3697-2
  • USN-3698-1
  • USN-3698-2
  • DSA-4187
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2018-7995
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