CVE-2024-27070

f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free issue in f2fs_filemap_fault

Published May 1, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free issue in f2fs_filemap_fault

syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in f2fs_filemap_fault+0xd1/0x2c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:49
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807bb22680 by task syz-executor184/5058

CPU: 0 PID: 5058 Comm: syz-executor184 Not tainted 6.7.0-syzkaller-09928-g052d534373b7 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0x163/0x540 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0x142/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:601
f2fs_filemap_fault+0xd1/0x2c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:49
__do_fault+0x131/0x450 mm/memory.c:4376
do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4798 [inline]
do_fault mm/memory.c:4872 [inline]
do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3745 [inline]
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5144 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault+0x23b7/0x72b0 mm/memory.c:5285
handle_mm_fault+0x27e/0x770 mm/memory.c:5450
do_user_addr_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1364 [inline]
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1507 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x456/0x870 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1563
asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:570

The root cause is: in f2fs_filemap_fault(), vmf->vma may be not alive after
filemap_fault(), so it may cause use-after-free issue when accessing
vmf->vma->vm_flags in trace_f2fs_filemap_fault(). So it needs to keep vm_flags
in separated temporary variable for tracepoint use.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6816-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-2 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6878-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00015}

epss

{'score': 0.00016}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 11:29 AM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2024, 2:20 PM
Status
Modified
Published
May 1, 2024, 1:15 PM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 11:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 1, 2024, 12:00 AM