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CVE-2018-5995
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-07T18:29:00.763 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:01:07.960

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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