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That's why count is equal to 1.\n\nTherefore add the ext4_check_dx_root() helper function to add more sanity\nchecks to dot and dotdot before starting the conversion to avoid the above\nissue." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ext4/namei.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571", "lessThan": "b80575ffa98b5bb3a5d4d392bfe4c2e03e9557db", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571", "lessThan": "19e13b4d7f0303186fcc891aba8d0de7c8fdbda8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571", "lessThan": "42d420517072028fb0eb852c358056b7717ba5aa", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571", "lessThan": 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