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Ubuntu: USN-5343-1 (CVE-2018-5995): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5343-1 (CVE-2018-5995): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/07/2018
Created
03/25/2022
Added
03/23/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1102-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1103-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1138-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-222-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-222-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

References

  • https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2018-5995
  • 105049
  • CVE - 2018-5995
  • DSA-4497
  • CVE-2018-5995
  • USN-4465-1
  • USN-4483-1
  • USN-4485-1
  • USN-4945-1
  • USN-4945-2
  • USN-4946-1
  • USN-4947-1
  • USN-4948-1
  • USN-4949-1
  • USN-4977-1
  • USN-4979-1
  • USN-4982-1
  • USN-4984-1
  • USN-4989-1
  • USN-4989-2
  • USN-4997-1
  • USN-4997-2
  • USN-4999-1
  • USN-5000-1
  • USN-5000-2
  • USN-5001-1
  • USN-5015-1
  • USN-5016-1
  • USN-5017-1
  • USN-5018-1
  • USN-5044-1
  • USN-5045-1
  • USN-5046-1
  • USN-5050-1
  • USN-5070-1
  • USN-5071-1
  • USN-5071-2
  • USN-5071-3
  • USN-5073-1
  • USN-5073-2
  • USN-5073-3
  • USN-5091-1
  • USN-5091-2
  • USN-5092-1
  • USN-5092-2
  • USN-5094-1
  • USN-5094-2
  • USN-5096-1
  • USN-5106-1
  • USN-5113-1
  • USN-5114-1
  • USN-5115-1
  • USN-5116-1
  • USN-5116-2
  • USN-5120-1
  • USN-5136-1
  • USN-5137-1
  • USN-5137-2
  • USN-5139-1
  • USN-5165-1
  • USN-5208-1
  • USN-5209-1
  • USN-5210-1
  • USN-5218-1
  • USN-5278-1
  • USN-5299-1
  • USN-5302-1
  • USN-5337-1
  • USN-5338-1
  • USN-5339-1
  • USN-5343-1
  • USN-5362-1
  • USN-5368-1
  • USN-5377-1
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