Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: file reading via Deleted Files In Cleancache
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 23/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can read a file via Deleted Files In Cleancache of the Linux kernel, in order to obtain sensitive information.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-file-reading-via-Deleted-Files-In-Cleancache-27872