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Debian: CVE-2018-5953: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-5953: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/07/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/28/2019
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

The swiotlb_print_info function in lib/swiotlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from a "software IO TLB" printk call.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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