CVE-2018-16862
Public on 2018-11-26
Modified on 2018-12-20
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2018-12-20 | ALAS-2018-1133 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2018-12-17 | ALAS2-2018-1133 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |