CVE-2024-50202

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

Description: A task hang occurs in vcs open() during a fuzzing test for nilfs2 due to an issue where nilfs find entry() ignores errors when loading a directory page/folio via nilfs get folio() fails. If the filesystem image is corrupted and the i size of the directory inode is large, and the directory page/folio is successfully read but fails the sanity check, nilfs check folio() may continue to spit out error messages in bursts. The issue is resolved by propagating the error to the callers when loading a page/folio fails in nilfs find entry().

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