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It will cause the snprintf() function to write uninitialized\ndata into linebuf within hex_dump_to_buffer().\n\nFix this by using kzalloc instead of kmalloc to clear its content at the\nbeginning in diMount().", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "4f10732712fce33e53703ffe5ed9155f23814097" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "cab1852368dd74d629ee02abdbc559218ca64dde" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "067347e00a3a7d04afed93f080c6c131e5dd15ee" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "63148ce4904faa668daffdd1d3c1199ae315ef2c" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "7057f3aab47629d38e54eae83505813cf0da1e4b" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "d0d7eca253ccd0619b3d2b683ffe32218ebca9ac" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "9629d7d66c621671d9a47afe27ca9336bfc8a9ea" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "2.6.12" }, { "version": "5.15.181", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.135", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.88", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.12.24", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*" }, { "version": "6.13.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*" }, { "version": "6.14.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*" }, { "version": "6.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }