CVE-2018-7754 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can read sensitive address information from debugfs files in the Linux kernel, potentially aiding further exploitation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-7754?

CVE-2018-7754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7754?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7754?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2018-7754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7754, GHSA-g3w7-5hqx-74mg, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7754.

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