diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
index f42253bff6..6641126ec4 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2011-0640 CVE-2014-2648 CVE-2014-8171 CVE-2016-0774 CVE
                      CVE-2017-1000255 CVE-2017-1000377 CVE-2017-5897 CVE-2017-6264"
 # 2018
 CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2018-1000026 CVE-2018-10840 CVE-2018-10876 CVE-2018-10882 CVE-2018-10901 CVE-2018-10902 \
-                     CVE-2018-14625 CVE-2018-16880 CVE-2018-16884 CVE-2018-5873 CVE-2018-6559"
+                     CVE-2018-14625 CVE-2018-16880 CVE-2018-16884 CVE-2018-5873"
+
+# This is specific to Ubuntu
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2018-6559"
 
 # https://www.linuxkernelcves.com/cves/CVE-2019-3016
 # Fixed with 5.6