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  - nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry() Syzbot reported that a task hang occurs in     vcs_open() during a fuzzing test for nilfs2. The root cause of this problem is that in nilfs_find_entry(),     which searches for directory entries, ignores errors when loading a directory page/folio via     nilfs_get_folio() fails. If the filesystem images is corrupted, and the i_size of the directory inode is     large, and the directory page/folio is successfully read but fails the sanity check, for example when it     is zero-filled, nilfs_check_folio() may continue to spit out error messages in bursts. Fix this issue by     propagating the error to the callers when loading a page/folio fails in nilfs_find_entry(). The current     interface of nilfs_find_entry() and its callers is outdated and cannot propagate error codes such as -EIO     and -ENOMEM returned via nilfs_find_entry(), so fix it together. (CVE-2024-50202)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50202

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