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Linux kernel ext4 vulnerability scored 7.8 by ENRICHERD database

Original: 🚨 EUVD-2024-42621 📊 Score: 7.8/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: Linux, Linux, Linux (+17 more) 🏢 Vendor: Linux 📅 Published: 202

A newly catalogued vulnerability, EUVD-2024-42621, affects the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem, where a out-of-bounds condition can occur if the system.data extended attribute changes underneath the filesystem code. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 out of 10 and is listed against Linux and more than a dozen related products. It was first published on 21 October 2024 and its record was updated on 15 October 2026, with a fix already resolved in the kernel.

Why now: Security trackers and Linux administrators monitor kernel vulnerability updates that may require patching.

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• 🚨 EUVD-2024-42621 📊 Score: 7.8/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: Linux, Linux, Linux (+17 more) 🏢 Vendor: Linux 📅 Published: 2024-10-21 | Updated: 2026-10-15 📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid OOB when system.data xattr changes underneath… · EUVD_Bot

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