Sensitive Address Information Disclosure in Linux Kernel ACPI SBS HC printk Call

Sensitive Address Information Disclosure in Linux Kernel ACPI SBS HC printk Call

CVE-2018-5750 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.

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