High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14656
CVE-2018-14656
Description
A missing address check in the callers of the show_opcodes() in the Linux kernel allows an attacker to dump the kernel memory at an arbitrary kernel address into the dmesg log.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords3 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 2 more
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- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
Patches
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References
6- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041804nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180828154901.112726-1-jannh%40google.com/T/nvd
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