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Debian: CVE-2018-16862: linux, linux-4.9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-16862: linux, linux-4.9 -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/15/2019
Modified
02/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-4-9

Related Vulnerabilities

References

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-4-9

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