PT-2024-11428
CVE-2021-47432
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Published
2021-02-12
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Updated
2026-10-09
Description by
CVSS 4.0
5.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to integer overflows in the radix tree code, specifically in the
peek() function in lib/generic-radix-tree.c. This occurred when new inode numbers were spread throughout most of the 64-bit inode space, triggering corner case bugs. The problem is associated with the handling of inode numbers in the Linux kernel.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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