CVE-2026-53017

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The scenario is as follows:\n\ncreate & write & fsync 'file A' write checkpoint\n- f2fs_do_sync_file // inline inode\n - f2fs_write_inode // inode folio is dirty\n - f2fs_write_checkpoint\n - f2fs_flush_merged_writes\n - f2fs_sync_node_pages\n - f2fs_flush_nat_entries\n - f2fs_fsync_node_pages // no dirty node\n - f2fs_need_inode_block_update // return false\n SPO and lost 'file A'\n\nf2fs_flush_nat_entries() sets the IS_CHECKPOINTED and HAS_LAST_FSYNC\nflags for the nat_entry, but this does not mean that the checkpoint has\nactually completed successfully. 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The scenario is as follows:\n\ncreate & write & fsync 'file A' write checkpoint\n- f2fs_do_sync_file // inline inode\n - f2fs_write_inode // inode folio is dirty\n - f2fs_write_checkpoint\n - f2fs_flush_merged_writes\n - f2fs_sync_node_pages\n - f2fs_flush_nat_entries\n - f2fs_fsync_node_pages // no dirty node\n - f2fs_need_inode_block_update // return false\n SPO and lost 'file A'\n\nf2fs_flush_nat_entries() sets the IS_CHECKPOINTED and HAS_LAST_FSYNC\nflags for the nat_entry, but this does not mean that the checkpoint has\nactually completed successfully. 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