Bug 716646

Summary:	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2020-8992)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.