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Debian/linux: medium 5.5

ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero.

Action: Upgrade linux to 5.4.8-1 or later.

Affected

introducedfixedlast affected
05.4.8-1-

Fixed versions

5.4.8-1

Sources

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