In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid accessing uninitialized curseg
syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:
F2FS-fs (loop3): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 7 kworker/u8:7: attempt to access beyond end of device BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffed1604ea3dfa RIP: 0010:get_ckpt_valid_blocks fs/f2fs/segment.h:361 [inline] RIP: 0010:has_curseg_enough_space fs/f2fs/segment.h:570 [inline] RIP: 0010:__get_secs_required fs/f2fs/segment.h:620 [inline] RIP: 0010:has_not_enough_free_secs fs/f2fs/segment.h:633 [inline] RIP: 0010:has_enough_free_secs+0x575/0x1660 fs/f2fs/segment.h:649 <TASK> f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready fs/f2fs/segment.h:671 [inline] f2fs_write_inode+0x425/0x540 fs/f2fs/inode.c:791 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1525 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x708/0x10d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1745 writeback_sb_inodes+0x820/0x1360 fs/fs-writeback.c:1976 wb_writeback+0x413/0xb80 fs/fs-writeback.c:2156 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2303 [inline] wb_workfn+0x410/0x1080 fs/fs-writeback.c:2343 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3317 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3398 kthread+0x7a9/0x920 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
Commit 8b10d3653735 ("f2fs: introduce FAULT_NO_SEGMENT") allows to trigger no free segment fault in allocator, then it will update curseg->segno to NULL_SEGNO, though, CP_ERROR_FLAG has been set, f2fs_write_inode() missed to check the flag, and access invalid curseg->segno directly in below call path, then resulting in panic:
- f2fs_write_inode - f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready - has_enough_free_secs - has_not_enough_free_secs - __get_secs_required - has_curseg_enough_space - get_ckpt_valid_blocks : access invalid curseg->segno
To avoid this issue, let's: - check CP_ERROR_FLAG flag in prior to f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready() in f2fs_write_inode(). - in has_curseg_enough_space(), save curseg->segno into a temp variable, and verify its validation before use.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1004-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcpUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gcp | Jun 26, 2025 | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 17, 2026 | Apr 16, 2025 |
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