CVE-2025-23132

f2fs: quota: fix to avoid warning in dquot_writeback_dquots()

Published Apr 16, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: quota: fix to avoid warning in dquot_writeback_dquots()

F2FS-fs (dm-59): checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8013 at fs/quota/dquot.c:691 dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308
pc : dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308
lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4
Call trace:
dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308
f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4
f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3d4/0x9b0
f2fs_issue_checkpoint+0x1bc/0x2c0
f2fs_sync_fs+0x54/0x150
f2fs_do_sync_file+0x2f8/0x814
__f2fs_ioctl+0x1960/0x3244
f2fs_ioctl+0x54/0xe0
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xe4
invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114

checkpoint and f2fs_remount may race as below, resulting triggering warning
in dquot_writeback_dquots().

atomic write remount
- do_remount
- down_write(&sb->s_umount);
- f2fs_remount
- ioctl
- f2fs_do_sync_file
- f2fs_sync_fs
- f2fs_write_checkpoint
- block_operations
- locked = down_read_trylock(&sbi->sb->s_umount)
: fail to lock due to the write lock was held by remount
- up_write(&sb->s_umount);
- f2fs_quota_sync
- dquot_writeback_dquots
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount))
: trigger warning because s_umount lock was unlocked by remount

If checkpoint comes from mount/umount/remount/freeze/quotactl, caller of
checkpoint has already held s_umount lock, calling dquot_writeback_dquots()
in the context should be safe.

So let's record task to sbi->umount_lock_holder, so that checkpoint can
know whether the lock has held in the context or not by checking current
w/ it.

In addition, in order to not misrepresent caller of checkpoint, we should
not allow to trigger async checkpoint for those callers: mount/umount/remount/
freeze/quotactl.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4904-1 linux-6.12 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-11161 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: quota: fix to avoid warning in dquot_writeback_dquots() F2FS-fs (dm-59): checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8013 at fs/quota/dquot.c:691 dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 pc : dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4 Call trace: dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4 f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3d4/0x9b0 f2fs_issue_checkpoint+0x1bc/0x2c0 f2fs_sync_fs+0x54/0x150 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x2f8/0x814 __f2fs_ioctl+0x1960/0x3244 f2fs_ioctl+0x54/0xe0 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xe4 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114 checkpoint and f2fs_remount may race as below, resulting triggering warning in dquot_writeback_dquots(). atomic write remount - do_remount - down_write(&sb->s_umount); - f2fs_remount - ioctl - f2fs_do_sync_file - f2fs_sync_fs - f2fs_write_checkpoint - block_operations - locked = down_read_trylock(&sbi->sb->s_umount) : fail to lock due to the write lock was held by remount - up_write(&sb->s_umount); - f2fs_quota_sync - dquot_writeback_dquots - WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)) : trigger warning because s_umount lock was unlocked by remount If checkpoint comes from mount/umount/remount/freeze/quotactl, caller of checkpoint has already held s_umount lock, calling dquot_writeback_dquots() in the context should be safe. So let's record task to sbi->umount_lock_holder, so that checkpoint can know whether the lock has held in the context or not by checking current w/ it. In addition, in order to not misrepresent caller of checkpoint, we should not allow to trigger async checkpoint for those callers: mount/umount/remount/ freeze/quotactl.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7594-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7594-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7594-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8781-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
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References
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threat_severity

Moderate

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: quota: fix to avoid warning in dquot_writeback_dquots() F2FS-fs (dm-59): checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8013 at fs/quota/dquot.c:691 dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 pc : dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4 Call trace: dquot_writeback_dquots+0x2fc/0x308 f2fs_quota_sync+0xcc/0x1c4 f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3d4/0x9b0 f2fs_issue_checkpoint+0x1bc/0x2c0 f2fs_sync_fs+0x54/0x150 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x2f8/0x814 __f2fs_ioctl+0x1960/0x3244 f2fs_ioctl+0x54/0xe0 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xe4 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114 checkpoint and f2fs_remount may race as below, resulting triggering warning in dquot_writeback_dquots(). atomic write remount - do_remount - down_write(&sb->s_umount); - f2fs_remount - ioctl - f2fs_do_sync_file - f2fs_sync_fs - f2fs_write_checkpoint - block_operations - locked = down_read_trylock(&sbi->sb->s_umount) : fail to lock due to the write lock was held by remount - up_write(&sb->s_umount); - f2fs_quota_sync - dquot_writeback_dquots - WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)) : trigger warning because s_umount lock was unlocked by remount If checkpoint comes from mount/umount/remount/freeze/quotactl, caller of checkpoint has already held s_umount lock, calling dquot_writeback_dquots() in the context should be safe. So let's record task to sbi->umount_lock_holder, so that checkpoint can know whether the lock has held in the context or not by checking current w/ it. In addition, in order to not misrepresent caller of checkpoint, we should not allow to trigger async checkpoint for those callers: mount/umount/remount/ freeze/quotactl.
Title f2fs: quota: fix to avoid warning in dquot_writeback_dquots()
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2026, 12:36 PM
Reserved
Jan 11, 2025, 2:28 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 16, 2025, 3:16 PM
Modified
Oct 21, 2026, 1:18 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 16, 2025, 12:00 AM