CVE-2018-5995
Moderate
CVE-2018-5995
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
August 7, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-5995
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105049
- https://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/CVE-2018-5995.md
- 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
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497