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This patch resolves the issue by\ninitializing these fields during allocation.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "baddcc2c71572968cdaeee1c4ab3dc0ad90fa765", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "cd12535b97dd7d18cf655ec78ce1cf1f29a576be" }, { "version": "71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "0b8906fb48b99e993d6e8a12539f618f4854dd26" }, { "version": "71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "34c4effacfc329aeca5635a69fd9e0f6c90b4101" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "6.3", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.3" }, { "version": "6.6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }