CVE-2023-52848

f2fs: fix to drop meta_inode's page cache in f2fs_put_super()

Published May 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix to drop meta_inode's page cache in f2fs_put_super()

syzbot reports a kernel bug as below:

F2FS-fs (loop1): detect filesystem reference count leak during umount, type: 10, count: 1
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/super.c:1639!
CPU: 0 PID: 15451 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 6.5.0-syzkaller-09338-ge0152e7481c6 #0
RIP: 0010:f2fs_put_super+0xce1/0xed0 fs/f2fs/super.c:1639
Call Trace:
generic_shutdown_super+0x161/0x3c0 fs/super.c:693
kill_block_super+0x3b/0x70 fs/super.c:1646
kill_f2fs_super+0x2b7/0x3d0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4879
deactivate_locked_super+0x9a/0x170 fs/super.c:481
deactivate_super+0xde/0x100 fs/super.c:514
cleanup_mnt+0x222/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:1254
task_work_run+0x14d/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:179
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:171 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x210/0x240 kernel/entry/common.c:204
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x60 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

In f2fs_put_super(), it tries to do sanity check on dirty and IO
reference count of f2fs, once there is any reference count leak,
it will trigger panic.

The root case is, during f2fs_put_super(), if there is any IO error
in f2fs_wait_on_all_pages(), we missed to truncate meta_inode's page
cache later, result in panic, fix this case.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 23, 2026, 3:27 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 3:19 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 21, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2024, 12:00 AM