CVE-2018-16862 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 26
Latest updateMay 14
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, Enterprise Linux 7.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6GHSA▶
GHSA-8mfm-2wff-rgp2: 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)↗2022-05-14
OSV▶
linux, linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13