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CVE-2018-16862

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-11-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2018-16862
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.53%
Linux

Original NVD 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.

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