CVE-2018-5953

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    CVE-2018-5953

    Published: 7 Aug 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The swiotlb_print_info function in lib/swiotlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from a "software IO TLB" printk call.

    References: https://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/%20CVE-2018-5953.md, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105045, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d63fb3af87aa67aa7d24466e792f9d7c57d8e79

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High