CVE-2018-16597

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16597.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16597
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-09-21T16:29:01.343Z
Modified
2026-03-20T11:23:32.864904Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c8d2bc9bc39ebea8437fd974fdbc21847bb897a3
Fixed
c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16597.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "42.3"
            }
        ]
    }
]