CVE-2018-5995

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    CVE-2018-5995

    Published: 7 Aug 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The pcpu_embed_first_chunk function in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from a "pages/cpu" printk call.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105049, https://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/CVE-2018-5995.md, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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