UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5995
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 07 Aug 2018, 18:29
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:59
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
07 Aug 2018, 18:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-222.255
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1102.107 | < 4.4.0-1138.152
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1103.112
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-222.255~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.15.0-1053.57