CVE-2024-42296

f2fs: fix return value of f2fs_convert_inline_inode()

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: August 17, 2024 at 09:09 AM UTC

Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix return value of f2fs_convert_inline_inode() If device is readonly, make f2fs_convert_inline_inode() return EROFS instead of zero, otherwise it may trigger panic during writeback of inline inode's dirty page as below: f2fs_write_single_data_page+0xbb6/0x1e90 fs/f2fs/data.c:2888 f2fs_write_cache_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3187 [inline] __f2fs_write_data_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3342 [inline] f2fs_write_data_pages+0x1efe/0x3a90 fs/f2fs/data.c:3369 do_writepages+0x359/0x870 mm/page-writeback.c:2634 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x125/0x180 mm/filemap.c:397 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:430 [inline] file_write_and_wait_range+0x1aa/0x290 mm/filemap.c:788 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x68a/0x1ae0 fs/f2fs/file.c:276 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2806 [inline] f2fs_file_write_iter+0x7bd/0x24e0 fs/f2fs/file.c:4977 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2114 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

3.8 ≤ v < 5.15.1653.8 ≤ v < 6.1.1033.8 ≤ v < 6.10.33.8 ≤ v < 6.113.8 ≤ v < 6.6.445.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1036.2 ≤ v < 6.6.446.7 ≤ v < 6.10.33.898e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4

Vendor states this is fixed in 077f0e24b27c4b44841593c7edbd1993be9eecb5 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 1e7725814361c8c008d131db195cef8274ff26b8 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 47a8ddcdcaccd9b891db4574795e46a33a121ac2 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 70f5ef5f33c333cfb286116fa3af74ac9bc84f1b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in a8eb3de28e7a365690c61161e7a07a4fc7c60bbf (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3.8 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.165 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.103 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10.3 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.44 (unaffected)