CVE-2018-5995 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5995
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5995
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-07T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:47:56.171Z

Reserved: 2018-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5995

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-07T18:29:00.763

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:50.770

Link: CVE-2018-5995

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5995 - Bugzilla

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