Published: 15/05/2017 Updated: 12/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 187

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new file, making write system calls, and reading this file.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where filesystems mounted with data=ordered mode may allow an attacker to read stale data from recently allocated blocks in new files after a system 'reset' by abusing ext4 mechanics of delayed allocation ...

CWE-200 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06bd3c36a733ac27962fea7d6f47168841376824 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1450261 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.2 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=06bd3c36a733ac27962fea7d6f47168841376824 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98491 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3406-1/

CVE-2017-7495

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