5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.3%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | Only affects Ubuntu kernels running under Xen which use the tmem driver |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux | <Β 4.15.0-58.64 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux | <Β 4.4.0-142.168 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-aws | <Β 4.15.0-1047.49 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-aws | <Β 4.4.0-1038.41 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws | <Β 4.4.0-1075.85 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws-hwe | <Β 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-azure | <Β 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-azure | <Β 4.15.0-1055.60 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-azure-edge | <Β 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-azure-edge | <Β 4.15.0-1055.60 | UNKNOWN |
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-16862
lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16862
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16862
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3879-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3879-2
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16862
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.3%