What is CVE-2018-7754?

CVE-2018-7754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-7754?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2018-7754

The aoedisk_debugfs_show function in drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.4rc4 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading "ffree: " lines in a debugfs file.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 4.16
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7754?: CVE-2018-7754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-7754?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.