Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2024-39301

None

CVSS

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EPSS

0.2%

Published

Jun 25, 2024

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Monitor only SSVC: Track

A bug in the Linux kernel's 9p network filesystem code could cause crashes or expose random memory contents when mounting certain network shares, so administrators should install the available kernel update.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Local User
Complexity
Theoretical
Impact
Other
Component
OS kernel
Class
Memory Corruption
Remediation
Patch
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

Uninitialized 'tag' and 'id' fields in p9_fcall structure allocated via kmem_cache_alloc are used in trace_9p_client_res when p9_check_errors fails early inside p9_client_rpc, resulting in kernel use of uninitialized memory during 9p client operations.

Why it matters to the business

Systems mounting 9p filesystems may experience kernel instability or crashes during mount or RPC error paths; low exploitability limits widespread operational impact but requires prompt patching on affected Linux kernels.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker triggers a 9p mount that causes p9_check_errors to fail early in p9_client_rpc before req->rc is fully populated; the subsequent trace call then reads the uninitialized tag field, potentially allowing information disclosure or denial of service via crafted 9p server responses.

How to fix it

Apply the upstream fix that initializes 'tag' and 'id' fields to safe defaults during p9_tag_alloc in net/9p/client.c; update to a kernel containing commit 72c5d8e416ecc46af370a1340b3db5ff0b0cc867 or later stable equivalent.

How to confirm the fix worked

Rebuild with KMSAN enabled and re-execute the mount sequence that previously triggered the uninit-value report; confirm absence of KMSAN warnings in p9_client_rpc and trace_9p_client_res paths.

Typical attack path

  1. Mount a 9p filesystem via legacy mount syscall
  2. Force early error return in p9_check_errors inside p9_client_rpc
  3. Trigger trace_9p_client_res which reads uninitialized req->rc.tag
  4. Observe kernel oops or memory disclosure from uninit value

How to detect it

Search kernel logs and KMSAN reports for uninit-value traces referencing p9_client_rpc or trace_9p_client_res; inspect slab allocation paths around p9_tag_alloc during mount syscalls.

What your security team should do

  • Prioritize kernel updates containing the referenced commit on any system using the 9p protocol
  • Audit 9p mount configurations and disable the protocol where not required
  • Monitor kernel logs for KMSAN or slab-related warnings involving p9_tag_alloc

The record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p: fix uninit-value in p9_client_rpc() Syzbot with the help of KMSAN reported the following error: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in trace_9p_client_res include/trace/events/9p.h:146 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in p9_client_rpc+0x1314/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:754 trace_9p_client_res include/trace/events/9p.h:146 [inline] p9_client_rpc+0x1314/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:754 p9_client_create+0x1551/0x1ff0 net/9p/client.c:1031 v9fs_session_init+0x1b9/0x28e0 fs/9p/v9fs.c:410 v9fs_mount+0xe2/0x12b0 fs/9p/vfs_super.c:122 legacy_get_tree+0x114/0x290 fs/fs_context.c:662 vfs_get_tree+0xa7/0x570 fs/super.c:1797 do_new_mount+0x71f/0x15e0 fs/namespace.c:3352 path_mount+0x742/0x1f20 fs/namespace.c:3679 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3898 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x725/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3875 __x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x150 fs/namespace.c:3875 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 Uninit was created at: __alloc_pages+0x9d6/0xe70 mm/page_alloc.c:4598 __alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:238 [inline] alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:261 [inline] alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2175 [inline] allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2338 [inline] new_slab+0x2de/0x1400 mm/slub.c:2391 ___slab_alloc+0x1184/0x33d0 mm/slub.c:3525 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3610 [inline] __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3663 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3835 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc+0x6d3/0xbe0 mm/slub.c:3852 p9_tag_alloc net/9p/client.c:278 [inline] p9_client_prepare_req+0x20a/0x1770 net/9p/client.c:641 p9_client_rpc+0x27e/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:688 p9_client_create+0x1551/0x1ff0 net/9p/client.c:1031 v9fs_session_init+0x1b9/0x28e0 fs/9p/v9fs.c:410 v9fs_mount+0xe2/0x12b0 fs/9p/vfs_super.c:122 legacy_get_tree+0x114/0x290 fs/fs_context.c:662 vfs_get_tree+0xa7/0x570 fs/super.c:1797 do_new_mount+0x71f/0x15e0 fs/namespace.c:3352 path_mount+0x742/0x1f20 fs/namespace.c:3679 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3898 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x725/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3875 __x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x150 fs/namespace.c:3875 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 If p9_check_errors() fails early in p9_client_rpc(), req->rc.tag will not be properly initialized. However, trace_9p_client_res() ends up trying to print it out anyway before p9_client_rpc() finishes. Fix this issue by assigning default values to p9_fcall fields such as 'tag' and (just in case KMSAN unearths something new) 'id' during the tag allocation stage.

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:11 linux 0 5.10.221-1
Debian:12 linux 0 6.1.94-1
Debian:13 linux 0 6.9.7-1
Linux Kernel 3.2.0 4.19.316
Mageia:9 dwarves 0 1.27-1.mga9
Mageia:9 kernel 0 6.6.37-1.mga9
Mageia:9 kernel-linus 0 6.6.37-1.mga9
Mageia:9 kmod-virtualbox 0 7.0.18-50.mga9
Mageia:9 kmod-xtables-addons 0 3.24-59.mga9
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 kernel-default 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 0 1-8.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_17 0 1-150500.11.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 0 1-150500.11.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 0 1-150600.1.5.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_2 0 1-150600.13.3.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-zfcpdump 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-docs 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-obs-build 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-syms 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.60.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.60.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-syms-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.60.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 0 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt 0 4.12.14-10.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt_debug 0 4.12.14-10.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-source-rt 0 4.12.14-10.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 0 4.12.14-10.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-default 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-syms 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-syms-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-syms 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-syms-azure 0 4.12.14-16.194.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 kernel-docs 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 kernel-obs-build 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 kernel-default 0 4.12.14-122.222.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default 0 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt_debug 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.61.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt_debug 0 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-syms-rt 0 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 5.4.0-192.212
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.4.0-1130.140
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 5.15.0-1069.75~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.4.0-1135.142
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 5.15.0-1072.81~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 5.15.0-1072.81~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 5.4.0-1090.97
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.4.0-1134.143
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 5.15.0-1068.76~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.4.0-1097.101
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 5.15.0-1052.59~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-121.131~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.4.0-1077.82
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 5.15.0-1062.65~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 5.15.0-1064.70~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 5.4.0-1042.43
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.4.0-1118.125
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-121.131~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 0 5.15.0-1030.30~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.4.0-1129.138
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.4.0-1114.126
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 5.15.0-1065.69~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.4.0-1049.53
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 5.15.0-121.131
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.15.0-1069.75
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8 0 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.15.0-1072.81
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8 0 6.8.0-1014.16~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 5.15.0-1072.81.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.15.0-1068.76
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8 0 6.8.0-1014.16~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 5.15.0-1066.72
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.15.0-1052.59
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix

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