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CVE-2018-16862

Published: 26 November 2018

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov discovered that the cleancache subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly initialize new files in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
Only affects Ubuntu kernels running under Xen which use the tmem
driver

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-58.64)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.19.0-12.13)
trusty Not vulnerable
(3.11.0-12.19)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-142.168)
Patches:
Introduced by

91b0abe36a7b2b3b02d7500925a5f8455334f0e5

Fixed by 6ff38bd40230af35e446239396e5fc8ebd6a5248
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1047.49)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1001.1)
trusty
Released (4.4.0-1038.41)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1075.85)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1001.1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1055.60)
linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1)
linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1055.60)
linux-euclid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
linux-flo
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1040.42)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1001.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1)
linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1040.42)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1040.42)
disco Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1011.11~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-goldfish
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(end of life)
linux-grouper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1042.42)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1001.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1040.46)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty
Released (4.4.0-142.168~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-maguro
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-mako
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-manta
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1050.57)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco
Released (4.15.0-1050.57)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1021.23)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco
Released (5.0.0-1004.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1)
linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1043.46)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1004.4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1103.111)
linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1060.66)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.10)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.20~rc5)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1107.112)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N