{"cve":"CVE-2018-16862","nvd":{"published":"2018-11-26T19:29:00.327","modified":"2026-06-17T01:44:56.147","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106009","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16862","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:59.789560037+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-16862","score":0.0053,"percentile":0.44873,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}