CVE-2018-16862
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Nov 26, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2018
Description
A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation (removal). The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kernel:[UNKNOWN] |
|
References
- 106009vdb-entry
- USN-3879-2vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20181123 CVE-2018-16862: Linux kernel: cleancache: deleted files infoleakmailing-list
- USN-3879-1vendor-advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression updatemailing-list
- USN-4094-1vendor-advisory
- USN-4118-1vendor-advisory
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