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Linux Linux — f2fs: fix to don't dirty inode for readonly filesystem
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0025 16.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 – —
Linux 3.8 – 4.19.320
TIMELINE
Jul 30 Reserved by Linux
Aug 17 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-42297 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to don't dirty inode for readonly filesystem
syzbot reports f2fs bug as below:
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:933!
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x1576/0x1590 fs/f2fs/inode.c:933
Call Trace:
evict+0x2a4/0x620 fs/inode.c:664
dispose_list fs/inode.c:697 [inline]
evict_inodes+0x5f8/0x690 fs/inode.c:747
generic_shutdown_super+0x9d/0x2c0 fs/super.c:675
kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1667
kill_f2fs_super+0x303/0x3b0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4894
deactivate_locked_super+0xc1/0x130 fs/super.c:484
cleanup_mnt+0x426/0x4c0 fs/namespace.c:1256
task_work_run+0x24a/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:180
ptrace_notify+0x2cd/0x380 kernel/signal.c:2399
ptrace_report_syscall include/linux/ptrace.h:411 [inline]
ptrace_report_syscall_exit include/linux/ptrace.h:473 [inline]
syscall_exit_work kernel/entry/common.c:251 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare kernel/entry/common.c:278 [inline]
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:283 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x15c/0x280 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:88
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b
The root cause is:
- do_sys_open
- f2fs_lookup
- __f2fs_find_entry
- f2fs_i_depth_write
- f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync
- f2fs_dirty_inode
- set_inode_flag(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE)
- umount
- kill_f2fs_super
- kill_block_super
- generic_shutdown_super
- sync_filesystem
: sb is readonly, skip sync_filesystem()
- evict_inodes
- iput
- f2fs_evict_inode
- f2fs_bug_on(sbi, is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE))
: trigger kernel panic
When we try to repair i_current_depth in readonly filesystem, let's
skip dirty inode to avoid panic in later f2fs_evict_inode().
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 30, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 17, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-42297 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3.8 | 4.19.320 |
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