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CVE-2021-45868
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-03-18T07:15:06.597 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:14:10.913

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.15.3, fs/quota/quota_tree.c does not validate the block number in the quota tree (on disk). This can, for example, lead to a kernel/locking/rwsem.c use-after-free if there is a corrupted quota file.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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