CVE-2018-7995 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.10

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CVE-2018-7995 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.10

Linux kernel source tree

Library home page: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: f978d7dbb980bbe5267a625da958c4226e1a8ae0

Found in base branch: cosmic-experimental-1.6

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

android_kernel_samsung_s5neolte/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
android_kernel_samsung_s5neolte/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c

Vulnerability Details

** 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.

Publish Date: 2018-03-09

URL: CVE-2018-7995

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.7)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-7995

Release Date: 2018-03-09

Fix Resolution: v4.16-rc5

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