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CVE-2021-45469 Details

Description

In __f2fs_setxattr in fs/f2fs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11, there is an out-of-bounds memory access when an inode has an invalid last xattr entry.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215235 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git/commit/?h=dev&id=5598b24efaf4892741c798b425d543e4bed357a1 CVEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AK2C4A43BZSWATZWFUHHHUQF3HPIALNP/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QG7XV2WXKMSMKIQKIBG5LW3Y3GXEWG5Q/ CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-45469
NVD Published Date:
Dec 23, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]