CVE-2021-47460

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, which was related to data corruption after conversion from inline format in the ocfs2 file system. The issue occurred because the code attempted to zero out pages beyond the file size, but these pages were ignored by the writeback code, resulting in data loss when the file was grown. The problem was fixed by not doing the pointless zeroing during conversion from inline format, similar to the standard write path.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.