Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

Published: 2018-08-17

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-5953 CVE-2018-5995
CWE-ID	CWE-200
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Linux kernel Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Linux Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU14449

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5953

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the swiotlb_print_info() function, as defined in the lib/swiotlb.c source code file due to the printk function prints kernel-object address information. A local attacker can access the system and use a software IO TLB call to read the kernel log.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.14.15.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 4.10.0 - 4.14.14

External links

http://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/%20CVE-2018-5953.md

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU14450