CVE-2022-50621 (GCVE-0-2022-50621)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-08 01:16
Modified
2025-12-08 01:16
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement Verity targets can be configured to ignore corrupted data blocks. LoadPin must only trust verity targets that are configured to perform some kind of enforcement when data corruption is detected, like returning an error, restarting the system or triggering a panic.
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Linux Linux Version: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b
Version: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b
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