Medium · published February 26, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to clear dirty inode in f2fs_evict_inode()
As Yanming reported in bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215904
The kernel message is shown below:
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:825!
Call Trace:
evict+0x282/0x4e0
__dentry_kill+0x2b2/0x4d0
shrink_dentry_list+0x17c/0x4f0
shrink_dcache_parent+0x143/0x1e0
do_one_tree+0x9/0x30
shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x51/0x120
generic_shutdown_super+0x5c/0x3a0
kill_block_super+0x90/0xd0
kill_f2fs_super+0x225/0x310
deactivate_locked_super+0x78/0xc0
cleanup_mnt+0x2b7/0x480
task_work_run+0xc8/0x150
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14a/0x150
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40
do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90
The root cause is: inode node and dnode node share the same nid,
so during f2fs_evict_inode(), dnode node truncation will invalidate
its NAT entry, so when truncating inode node, it fails due to
invalid NAT entry, result in inode is still marked as dirty, fix
this issue by clearing dirty for inode and setting SBI_NEED_FSCK
flag in filesystem.
output from dump.f2fs:
[print_node_info: 354] Node ID [0xf:15] is inode
i_nid[0] [0x f : 15]
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 3.8, < 5.4.198 | 5.4.198 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.121 | 5.10.121 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.46 | 5.15.46 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.14 | 5.17.14 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.18, < 5.18.3 | 5.18.3 |