CVE-2022-49169 — f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang

[14696.634553] task:cat state:D stack: 0 pid:1613738 ppid:1613735 flags:0x00000004
[14696.638285] Call Trace:
[14696.639038] <TASK>
[14696.640032] __schedule+0x302/0x930
[14696.640969] schedule+0x58/0xd0
[14696.641799] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30
[14696.642890] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0
[14696.644035] ? mod_objcg_state+0x10c/0x310
[14696.645040] ? obj_cgroup_charge+0xe1/0x170
[14696.646067] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20
[14696.647126] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40
[14696.648070] stat_show+0x25/0x17c0 [f2fs]
[14696.649218] seq_read_iter+0x120/0x4b0
[14696.650289] ? aa_file_perm+0x12a/0x500
[14696.651357] ? lru_cache_add+0x1c/0x20
[14696.652470] seq_read+0xfd/0x140
[14696.653445] full_proxy_read+0x5c/0x80
[14696.654535] vfs_read+0xa0/0x1a0
[14696.655497] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0
[14696.656502] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20
[14696.657580] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
[14696.658671] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[14696.660068] RIP: 0033:0x7efe39df1cb2
[14696.661133] RSP: 002b:00007ffc8badd948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
[14696.662958] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007efe39df1cb2
[14696.664757] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007efe399df000 RDI: 0000000000000003
[14696.666542] RBP: 00007efe399df000 R08: 00007efe399de010 R09: 00007efe399de010
[14696.668363] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[14696.670155] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000
[14696.671965] </TASK>
[14696.672826] task:umount state:D stack: 0 pid:1614985 ppid:1614984 flags:0x00004000
[14696.674930] Call Trace:
[14696.675903] <TASK>
[14696.676780] __schedule+0x302/0x930
[14696.677927] schedule+0x58/0xd0
[14696.679019] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30
[14696.680412] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0
[14696.681783] ? destroy_inode+0x65/0x80
[14696.683006] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20
[14696.684305] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40
[14696.685442] f2fs_destroy_stats+0x1e/0x60 [f2fs]
[14696.686803] f2fs_put_super+0x158/0x390 [f2fs]
[14696.688238] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120
[14696.689621] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50
[14696.690894] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs]
[14696.692311] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0
[14696.693698] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50
[14696.694985] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190
[14696.696209] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20
[14696.697390] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0
[14696.698587] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/0x1c0
[14696.700053] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50
[14696.701418] do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0
[14696.702630] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Linux	Linux	3.8	5.15.33

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	linux	5.17.3-1	—
Debian 13	linux	5.17.3-1	—
Debian 12	linux	5.17.3-1	—

Ubuntu