RedhatCVELIST:CVE-2018-16862CVE-2018-16862
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.5%
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.
CNA Affected
[
{
"product": "kernel:",
"vendor": "[UNKNOWN]",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
]References
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169
usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.5%