CVE - CVE-2018-16862

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-16862	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:106009 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 MISC:USN-3879-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ MISC:USN-3879-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ MISC:USN-4094-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ MISC:USN-4118-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20190315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html MISC:[oss-security] 20181123 CVE-2018-16862: Linux kernel: cleancache: deleted files infoleak URL:https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 MISC:https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/ URL:https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20180911	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180911)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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