CVE-2020-36775

Published: Feb 26, 2024Modified: Jul 11, 2025

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock Using f2fs_trylock_op() in f2fs_write_compressed_pages() to avoid potential deadlock like we did in f2fs_write_single_data_page().

Affected (2)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.4.189
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.5.0 to 5.6.7

Related CWEs

CWE-667

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

References (5)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8542437bb4070423c9754d5ba270ffdbae8c8d

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df77fbd8c5b222c680444801ffd20e8bbc90a56e

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0478ccdc8ea016de1ebaf6fe6da0275c2b258c5b

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8542437bb4070423c9754d5ba270ffdbae8c8d

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df77fbd8c5b222c680444801ffd20e8bbc90a56e

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

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