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Debian: CVE-2021-44879: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-44879: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/14/2022
Created
01/09/2024
Added
01/08/2024
Modified
01/15/2024

Description

In gc_data_segment in fs/f2fs/gc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, special files are not considered, leading to a move_data_page NULL pointer dereference.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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