CVE-2018-5995

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Linux Kernel

PublishedAug 7, 2018

First seenAug 7, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
linux linux_kernel	v ≤ 4.14.14	—

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