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CVE-2018-5953
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-07T18:29:00.480 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:01:03.487

Summary

The swiotlb_print_info function in lib/swiotlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from a "software IO TLB" printk call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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