CVE-2020-36775: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock Using f2fs_trylock_op() in f2fs_write_compressed_pages() to avoid potential deadlock like we did in f2fs_write_single_data_page().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.4.189 (fixed in 5.4.189); from 5.5.0, before 5.6.7 (fixed in 5.6.7)

Published 2024-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.