CVE-2018-16862

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16862
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16862.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16862
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Published
2018-11-26T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

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

Affected packages