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Una imagen de sistema de archivos da\u00f1ada se puede usar para generar un BUG() en ext4_rec_len_to_disk(), llamado desde make_indexed_dir(). ------------[ cortar aqu\u00ed ]------------ \u00a1ERROR del kernel en fs/ext4/ext4.h:2413! ... RIP: 0010:make_indexed_dir+0x53f/0x5f0 ... 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