medium5.3
CVE-2018-16862
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).
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 4.14 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 7.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/