CVE-2018-7995

mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (23rd) EPSS

CVSS 4.7 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.7mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.9

v3.04.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 3.6

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Android 6.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:6.0
Google Android 6.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:6.0.1
Google Android 7.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:7.0
Google Android 7.1.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:7.1.1
Google Android 7.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:7.1.2
Google Android 8.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.0
Google Android 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.1
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel≤ 4.15.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0532Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-05-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
WID-SEC-W-2026-4000Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-07-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android und Pixel/Nexus ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit erhöhten Rechten auszuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (33)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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