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.
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html - | |
References | () https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/ - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ - | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ - | |
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v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.3 |
Information
Published : 2018-11-26 19:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:53
NVD link : CVE-2018-16862
Mitre link : CVE-2018-16862
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16862
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
redhat
- enterprise_linux
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor