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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1715-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-2 linux regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8653 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3879-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3879-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4094-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4118-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.234Z

Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16862

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-26T19:29:00.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:28.293

Link: CVE-2018-16862

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16862 - Bugzilla

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