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.

Published 2018-08-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel — versions 4.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/CVE-2018-7754.md (Third Party Advisory)
elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc4/source/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c (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.