CVE-2018-16862
Linux Kernel Cleancache Unlink Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 26, 2018, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:53 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16862
vulnerability.
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CVE-2018-16862.
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CVE-2018-16862 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-16862 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-200 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 28, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 04, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/ No Types Assigned https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1011367/ Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/169 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.14 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16862 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16862
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.01%
score
0.24969
percentile