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SUSE: CVE-2018-16597: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16597: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
09/21/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/05/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:3003-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3004-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3659-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0095-1
  • CVE-2018-16597

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