CVE-2022-50621 (GCVE-0-2022-50621)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 01:16 – Updated: 2025-12-08 01:16
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Title
dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement Verity targets can be configured to ignore corrupted data blocks. LoadPin must only trust verity targets that are configured to perform some kind of enforcement when data corruption is detected, like returning an error, restarting the system or triggering a panic.
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Linux Linux Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < cb1f5b76e39d86c98722696bdf632987aa777b83 (git)
Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < 916ef6232cc4b84db7082b4c3d3cf1753d9462ba (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.3 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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