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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-50116 EUVD-2024-44604GHSA-wcw6-xhvq-24qp

nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag

Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag

Syzbot reported that after nilfs2 reads a corrupted file system image
and degrades to read-only, the BUG_ON check for the buffer delay flag
in submit_bh_wbc() may fail, causing a kernel bug.

This is because the buffer delay flag is not cleared when clearing the
buffer state flags to discard a page/folio or a buffer head. So, fix
this.

This became necessary when the use of nilfs2's own page clear routine
was expanded. This state inconsistency does not occur if the buffer
is written normally by log writing.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.10 4.19.323

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.11.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.115-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.234-1 DLA-4075-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1060.62 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-58.60 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1027.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1027.32 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1028.30 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1023.27 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1010.12 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1026.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1026.29.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1024.25 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-58.60.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-133.144 USN-7288-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1078.85 USN-7308-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1 USN-7451-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1081.90 USN-7289-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1081.90.1 USN-7289-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1077.86 USN-7291-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1 USN-7452-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1075.81 USN-7291-1, USN-7289-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1060.68 USN-7289-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-58.60~22.04.1 USN-7449-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1070.73 USN-7289-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1073.79 USN-7289-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1076.81 USN-7388-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-133.143 USN-7288-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1072.73 USN-7289-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1033.33 USN-7389-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1021.21 USN-7389-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1072.75 USN-7305-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1044.48 USN-7390-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-208.228 USN-7293-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1140.150 USN-7294-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1 USN-7388-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1145.152 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1 USN-7289-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1.1 USN-7289-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1099.106 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1143.152 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1077.86~20.04.1 USN-7291-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-134.145~20.04.1 USN-7331-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1086.91 USN-7294-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1074.77~20.04.1 USN-7458-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.2 USN-7289-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1048.51 USN-7413-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1127.136 USN-7294-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-133.143~20.04.1 USN-7288-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1138.147 USN-7294-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1075.81~20.04.1 USN-7289-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1129.142 USN-7539-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1073.77~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1058.62 USN-7295-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1020.21 USN-7453-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1071.73 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1078.86 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1020.21~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1078.85+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1080.89+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-133.144+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1077.86+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1140.151+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1145.152+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1116.126 USN-7393-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1143.152+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2120.126 USN-7627-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2099.105 USN-7627-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1137.148 USN-7627-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2083.89 USN-7627-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1115.122 USN-7607-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-239.251 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1182.195 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1 USN-7401-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1190.205 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1145.152~18.04.1 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1175.192 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1143.152~18.04.1 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-208.228~18.04.1 USN-7293-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1086.91~18.04.1 USN-7294-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1165.170 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1144.155 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1138.147~18.04.1 USN-7294-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1129.142~18.04.1 USN-7540-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-270.304 USN-7607-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1183.198 USN-7607-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1182.195~16.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1190.205~16.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1175.192~16.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-239.251~16.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1146.157 USN-7607-3
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1144.155~16.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1145.151 USN-7607-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1190.205~14.04.1 USN-7627-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-270.304~14.04.1 USN-7607-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_23 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.64.2-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.173.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +13 5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2024-12887
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek +6 5.4.17-2136.338.4.1.el8uek ELSA-2024-12884
Oracle Linux 7 perf +3 5.4.17-2136.338.4.1.el7uek ELSA-2024-12884

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