CVE-2021-44879

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In gc_data_segment in fs/f2fs/gc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, special files are not considered, leading to a move_data_page NULL pointer dereference.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44879

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44879.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archaffected
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.16.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.205-2
debian debianforkyfixed5.16.7-1
debian debiansidfixed5.16.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.16.7-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.