CVE-2018-16862

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.19.9-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.19.9-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.19.9-1
debian debiansidfixed4.19.9-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.19.9-1

References

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.