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LIN1018-3031 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2018-16862

Created: Nov 27, 2018    Updated: Apr 1, 2019
Resolved Date: Mar 21, 2019
Found In Version: unknown
Fix Version: 10.18.44.5
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

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 so the old file data instead of the new one.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16862

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