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not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception\n SMP: stopping secondary CPUs\n Kernel Offset: disabled\n CPU features: 0x000000,00078031,75fce5a1,35fffe67\n Memory Limit: none\n ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception ]---", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "47fe0d2571e5b446a0f0b0c1d6b99f55e51f5cc0" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ee41ea49c4ab0e4015919f52ad23ec251d3b39d3" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "04599570c3a18f9ae7aad36825eb46f3dcd2c4e3" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "9a416f000285a94c1b723877547981dec8132434" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "b1d6375b9a63c9dc7e5e780d3ea9b126fe30d6cb" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "80094352bd40ba54a33731f9c22872493983ed6d" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "4aafa600d93e9551c1f24e785d57cbd4adf021d5" }, { "version": "fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "af39eb111ce6b5eba9c08513b62c4868eb7e7fd5" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "5.3", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.3" }, { "version": "5.10.265", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.216", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.183", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.152", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.12.104", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*" }, { "version": "6.18.45", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*" }, { "version": "7.1.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*" }, { "version": "7.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }