CVE-2024-50089: unicode: Don't special case ignorable code points

Description

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

unicode: Don't special case ignorable code points

We don't need to handle them separately. Instead, just let them
decompose/casefold to themselves.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50089

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b5f47e7da46d3a0d7331e48befcaf151ed2ddf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fffca572844d733b137a0ff9eacd67b9b0c8e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/651b954cd8d5b0a358ceb47c93876bb6201224e4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21526498d25e54bda3c650f756493d63fd9131b7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac20736861f3c9c8e0a78273a4c57e9bcb0d8cc6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/876d3577a5b353e482d9228d45fa0d82bf1af53a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c26d2f1d3f5e4be3e196526bead29ecb139cf91

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