vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2018-16862: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 26, 2018 | Jan 18, 2019 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 26, 2018
Added
Jan 18, 2019
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
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.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-basesuse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-default-mansuse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-buildsuse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure
References
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