CVE-2018-5750
Moderate
CVE-2018-5750
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.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
January 26, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-5750
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10174835/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4120
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187