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GROVEPORT/GROVEPORT, BIOS GVPRCRB1.86B.0016.D04.1705030402 05/03/2017\n kernel: RIP: 0010:hugetlbfs_fill_super+0xb4/0x1a0\n kernel: Code: 48 8b 3b e8 3e c6 ed ff 48 85 c0 48 89 45 20 0f 84 d6 00 00 00 48 b8 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 7f 4c 89 e7 49 89 44 24 20 48 8b 03 <8b> 48 28 b8 00 10 00 00 48 d3 e0 49 89 44 24 18 48 8b 03 8b 40 28\n kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffbe9960fcbd48 EFLAGS: 00010246\n kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9af5272ae780 RCX: 0000000000372004\n kernel: RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: ffffffffffffffff RDI: ffff9af555e9b000\n kernel: RBP: ffff9af52ee66b00 R08: 0000000000000040 R09: 0000000000370004\n kernel: R10: ffffbe9960fcbd48 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffff9af555e9b000\n kernel: R13: ffffffffa66b86c0 R14: ffff9af507d2f400 R15: ffff9af507d2f400\n kernel: FS: 00007ffbc0ba4740(0000) GS:ffff9b0bd7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n kernel: CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 00000001b1ee0000 CR4: 00000000001506f0\n kernel: Call Trace:\n kernel: \n kernel: ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60\n kernel: ? page_fault_oops+0x16f/0x4a0\n kernel: ? search_bpf_extables+0x65/0x70\n kernel: ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x310\n kernel: ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150\n kernel: ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n kernel: ? __pfx_hugetlbfs_fill_super+0x10/0x10\n kernel: ? hugetlbfs_fill_super+0xb4/0x1a0\n kernel: ? hugetlbfs_fill_super+0x28/0x1a0\n kernel: ? __pfx_hugetlbfs_fill_super+0x10/0x10\n kernel: vfs_get_super+0x40/0xa0\n kernel: ? __pfx_bpf_lsm_capable+0x10/0x10\n kernel: vfs_get_tree+0x25/0xd0\n kernel: vfs_cmd_create+0x64/0xe0\n kernel: __x64_sys_fsconfig+0x395/0x410\n kernel: do_syscall_64+0x80/0x160\n kernel: ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x82/0x240\n kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x8d/0x160\n kernel: ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x82/0x240\n kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x8d/0x160\n kernel: ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150\n kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7ffbc0cb87c9\n kernel: Code: 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 97 96 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48\n kernel: RSP: 002b:00007ffc29d2f388 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001af\n kernel: RAX: fffffffffff\n---truncated---", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "1dde8ef4b7a749ae1bc73617c91775631d167557" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "80d852299987a8037be145a94f41874228f1a773" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "22850c9950a4e43a67299755d11498f3292d02ff" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "2e2c07104b4904aed1389a59b25799b95a85b5b9" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "13c5a9fb07105557a1fa9efdb4f23d7ef30b7274" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ec78418801ef7b0c22cd6a30145ec480dd48db39" }, { "version": "32021982a324dce93b4ae00c06213bf45fb319c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "79d72c68c58784a3e1cd2378669d51bfd0cb7498" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "5.1", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.1" }, { "version": "5.4.271", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*" }, { "version": "5.10.212", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.151", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.79", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.7.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*" }, { "version": "6.8", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }