Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2024-53182

None

CVSS

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EPSS

0.2%

Published

Dec 27, 2024

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Monitor only SSVC: Track

A flaw in the Linux kernel's disk scheduling code can let attackers crash the system or possibly gain higher privileges by triggering a memory error during file operations.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Local User
Complexity
Moderate
Impact
Privilege Gain
Component
OS kernel
Class
Use After Free
Remediation
Patch
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

Use-after-free in the BFQ I/O scheduler caused by merging bfq_release_process_ref into bfq_put_cooperator, allowing bic_set_bfqq to read from a freed sync_bfqq structure during cgroup and bio merge operations.

Why it matters to the business

Potential kernel crashes, denial of service, or local privilege escalation on Linux systems using the BFQ scheduler, impacting container runtimes and I/O-heavy workloads; low exploitation likelihood reduces immediate urgency.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker performs file operations and I/O submissions that invoke bfq_bio_merge and bfq_bic_update_cgroup, causing the bic to reference a freed bfqq; this leads to a slab-use-after-free read during page fault handling in XFS or overlayfs paths.

How to fix it

Update to a kernel containing the revert of bc3b1e9e7c50e1de0f573eea3871db61dd4787de; apply the fix that keeps bfq_release_process_ref separate from bfq_put_cooperator.

How to confirm the fix worked

Confirm the revert commit is present in the running kernel source; reproduce the KASAN report path with dockerd-style workloads and verify no use-after-free occurs.

Typical attack path

  1. Trigger BFQ queue allocation via blk_mq_flush_plug_list and bfq_insert_requests
  2. Perform unlink or lookup operations that split or release process references
  3. Invoke cgroup updates and bio merges that call bic_set_bfqq on the now-freed structure
  4. Cause page fault or readahead to trigger the dangling pointer access

How to detect it

Search kernel logs for KASAN reports mentioning bic_set_bfqq, bfq_bic_update_cgroup, or slab-use-after-free during blk_mq_submit_bio or filemap_fault; inspect crash dumps for the listed call trace.

  • BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bic_set_bfqq
  • Read of size 8 at addr .* by task dockerd
  • bfq_bic_update_cgroup+0x419/0x740
  • bfq_bio_merge+0x133/0x320

What your security team should do

  • Prioritize kernel updates on systems using BFQ scheduler
  • Monitor for slab-use-after-free reports in kernel logs involving bic_set_bfqq
  • Restrict unprivileged container I/O workloads until patched

The record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "block, bfq: merge bfq_release_process_ref() into bfq_put_cooperator()" This reverts commit bc3b1e9e7c50e1de0f573eea3871db61dd4787de. The bic is associated with sync_bfqq, and bfq_release_process_ref cannot be put into bfq_put_cooperator. kasan report: [ 400.347277] ================================================================== [ 400.347287] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bic_set_bfqq+0x200/0x230 [ 400.347420] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88881cab7d60 by task dockerd/5800 [ 400.347430] [ 400.347436] CPU: 24 UID: 0 PID: 5800 Comm: dockerd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.12.0 #32 [ 400.347450] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE [ 400.347454] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware20,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW201.00V.20192059.B64.2207280713 07/28/2022 [ 400.347460] Call Trace: [ 400.347464] <TASK> [ 400.347468] dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80 [ 400.347490] print_report+0x174/0x505 [ 400.347521] kasan_report+0xe0/0x160 [ 400.347541] bic_set_bfqq+0x200/0x230 [ 400.347549] bfq_bic_update_cgroup+0x419/0x740 [ 400.347560] bfq_bio_merge+0x133/0x320 [ 400.347584] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1761/0x1e20 [ 400.347625] __submit_bio+0x28b/0x7b0 [ 400.347664] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x6b2/0xd30 [ 400.347690] iomap_readahead+0x50c/0x680 [ 400.347731] read_pages+0x17f/0x9c0 [ 400.347785] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x366/0x4a0 [ 400.347795] filemap_fault+0x83d/0x2340 [ 400.347819] __xfs_filemap_fault+0x11a/0x7d0 [xfs] [ 400.349256] __do_fault+0xf1/0x610 [ 400.349270] do_fault+0x977/0x11a0 [ 400.349281] __handle_mm_fault+0x5d1/0x850 [ 400.349314] handle_mm_fault+0x1f8/0x560 [ 400.349324] do_user_addr_fault+0x324/0x970 [ 400.349337] exc_page_fault+0x76/0xf0 [ 400.349350] asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [ 400.349360] RIP: 0033:0x55a480d77375 [ 400.349384] Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 49 3b 66 10 0f 86 ae 02 00 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 58 48 8b 10 <83> 7a 10 00 0f 84 27 02 00 00 44 0f b6 42 28 44 0f b6 4a 29 41 80 [ 400.349392] RSP: 002b:00007f18c37fd8b8 EFLAGS: 00010216 [ 400.349401] RAX: 00007f18c37fd9d0 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349407] RDX: 000055a484407d38 RSI: 000000c000e8b0c0 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349412] RBP: 00007f18c37fd910 R08: 000055a484017f60 R09: 000055a484066f80 [ 400.349417] R10: 0000000000194000 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: 0000000000000008 [ 400.349422] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000c000476a80 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 400.349430] </TASK> [ 400.349452] [ 400.349454] Allocated by task 5800: [ 400.349459] kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 [ 400.349469] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 400.349475] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x89/0x90 [ 400.349482] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xdc/0x2a0 [ 400.349492] bfq_get_queue+0x1ef/0x1100 [ 400.349502] __bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0x11a/0x510 [ 400.349511] bfq_insert_requests+0xf55/0x9030 [ 400.349519] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x446/0x14c0 [ 400.349527] __blk_flush_plug+0x27c/0x4e0 [ 400.349534] blk_finish_plug+0x52/0xa0 [ 400.349540] _xfs_buf_ioapply+0x739/0xc30 [xfs] [ 400.350246] __xfs_buf_submit+0x1b2/0x640 [xfs] [ 400.350967] xfs_buf_read_map+0x306/0xa20 [xfs] [ 400.351672] xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x285/0x7d0 [xfs] [ 400.352386] xfs_imap_to_bp+0x107/0x270 [xfs] [ 400.353077] xfs_iget+0x70d/0x1eb0 [xfs] [ 400.353786] xfs_lookup+0x2ca/0x3a0 [xfs] [ 400.354506] xfs_vn_lookup+0x14e/0x1a0 [xfs] [ 400.355197] __lookup_slow+0x19c/0x340 [ 400.355204] lookup_one_unlocked+0xfc/0x120 [ 400.355211] ovl_lookup_single+0x1b3/0xcf0 [overlay] [ 400.355255] ovl_lookup_layer+0x316/0x490 [overlay] [ 400.355295] ovl_lookup+0x844/0x1fd0 [overlay] [ 400.355351] lookup_one_qstr_excl+0xef/0x150 [ 400.355357] do_unlinkat+0x22a/0x620 [ 400.355366] __x64_sys_unlinkat+0x109/0x1e0 [ 400.355375] do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160 [ 400.355384] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7 ---truncated---

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:13 linux 0 6.12.3-1
Linux Kernel 6.12.0 6.12.2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux 0 3.11.0-12.19
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial 0 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux 0 4.4.0-2.16
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1001.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe 0 4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.11.0-1009.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 4.10.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.4.0-1004.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux 0 4.13.0-16.19
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.15.0-1001.1
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-aws-5.4 0 5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15 0 4.15.0-1082.92
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 0 5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1
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-4.15 0 4.15.0-1071.81
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 0 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2
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-5.4 0 5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4 0 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 0 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 0 5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 5.4.0-9.12
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.4.0-1005.5
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 5.15.0-1014.18~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.4.0-1006.6
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 5.15.0-1007.8~20.04.1
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-bluefield 0 5.4.0-1007.10
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.4.0-1005.5
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 5.15.0-1006.9~20.04.1
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-5.15 0 No fix
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 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.4.0-1003.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 5.15.0-1033.36~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 5.15.0-1003.5~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 5.4.0-1001.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.4.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
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 5.4.0-1005.5
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 5.15.0-1007.9~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.4.0-1007.7
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 5.15.0-1015.17~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.4.0-1020.24
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 5.13.0-19.19
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.13.0-1005.6
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 6.8.0-1009.9~22.04.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.13.0-1006.7
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 6.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
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 5.13.0-1005.6
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 6.8.0-1010.11~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.15.0-1001.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 5.15.0-1021.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg 0 5.15.0-1004.6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.13.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency 0 5.15.0-22.22
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38.1~22.04.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia 0 5.15.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 0 6.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.13.0-1008.10
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.8 0 6.8.0-1006.6~22.04.3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.13.0-1008.9
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38.1~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.15.0-1022.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS:for:NVIDIA:BlueField linux-bluefield 0 5.15.0-1011.13
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux 0 6.5.0-9.9
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws 0 6.5.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure 0 6.5.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 6.5.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gke 0 6.8.0-1003.5
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 6.8.0-1001.3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 6.5.0-1009.9
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency 0 6.5.0-9.9.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia 0 6.8.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 0 6.8.0-1009.9.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.11 0 6.11.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.8 0 6.8.0-1003.3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 6.5.0-1010.10
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 6.5.0-1005.7
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime 0 6.7.0-2001.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-realtime 0 6.8.0-1008.19
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 6.5.0-9.9.1
Ubuntu:24.10 linux 0 6.8.0-31.31
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-aws 0 6.8.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-azure 0 6.8.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-gcp 0 6.8.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-lowlatency 0 6.8.0-31.31.1
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-oracle 0 6.8.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-raspi 0 6.8.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-realtime 0 6.11.0-1001.1
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-riscv 0 6.8.0-31.31.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix

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