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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 105049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/CVE-2018-5995.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190528 [SECURITY] [DLA 1799-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190528 [SECURITY] [DLA 1799-2] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20190813 [SECURITY] [DSA 4497-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-4497 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190814 [SECURITY] [DLA 1885-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-5995](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-5995.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-5995)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 05:47 UTC.