vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-16862: ELSA-2019-4575: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 24, 2018 | Mar 12, 2019 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 24, 2018
Added
Mar 12, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
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
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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