716646 – sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2020-8992)

Bug 716646 - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2020-8992)

Summary: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2020-8992)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Reported:	2020-04-08 05:30 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2021-06-12 16:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2020-04-08 05:30:32 UTC

CVE-2020-8992 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8992):
  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.

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2021-06-12 16:14:45 UTC

Fix is in 4.4.215, 4.9.215, 4.14.172, 4.19.107, 5.4.23, 5.5.7. All cleanup'd for a while.