CVE-2021-47119

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Si los tama\u00f1os de los bloques difieren, sb_set_blocksize() eliminar\u00e1 los b\u00faferes actuales y el cach\u00e9 de la p\u00e1gina usando kill_bdev(). Y luego el superbloque se volver\u00e1 a leer, pero esta vez utilizando el tama\u00f1o de bloque correcto. sb_set_blocksize() no liber\u00f3 completamente la p\u00e1gina del superbloque y el encabezado del b\u00fafer y, al estar ocupados, no se liberaron y en su lugar se filtraron. 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