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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5995 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 Not scored
Published August 7, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

70 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

114 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux

137 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws

92 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

71 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence