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f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone This patch fixes a potentially null pointer being accessed by is_end_zone_blkaddr() that checks the last block of a zone when f2fs is mounted as a single device.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.10.3, 6.6.64
CVEs
CVE-2024-43857
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 18:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Aug 2024, 09:24 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone This patch fixes a potentially null pointer being accessed by is_end_zone_blkaddr() that checks the last block of a zone when f2fs is mounted as a single device.

osv:CVE-2024-43857

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.64, 6.10.3

Complete source record
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