CVE-2018-5995: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.14.14

Published 2018-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.