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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-8992

CVE-2020-8992

Description

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

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