UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5750

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5750

    Published: 26 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5750
    Aliases:
    USN-3631-1
    USN-3631-2
    USN-3697-1

    Summary:

    Details: The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5750, https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10174835/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3631-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3631-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3697-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3697-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5750

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-153.203

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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