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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16862

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16862 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 26, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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