CVE-2021-44879 (GCVE-0-2021-44879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:32
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Summary
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.
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