CVE-2018-5995

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p34

Published

Aug 7, 2018 (Aug 7, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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