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CVE-2018-16862 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/ Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16862
NVD Published Date:
11/26/2018
NVD Last Modified:
04/01/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.