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f2fs: fix to do sanity check on curseg->alloc_type

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on curseg->alloc_type

As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215657

- Overview
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2 when mount and operate a corrupted image

- Reproduce
tested on kernel 5.17-rc4, 5.17-rc6

1. mkdir test_crash
2. cd test_crash
3. unzip tmp2.zip
4. mkdir mnt
5. ./single_test.sh f2fs 2

- Kernel dump
[ 46.434454] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072
[ 46.529839] F2FS-fs (loop0): Mounted with checkpoint version = 7548c2d9
[ 46.738319] ================================================================================
[ 46.738412] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2
[ 46.738475] index 231 is out of range for type 'unsigned int [2]'
[ 46.738539] CPU: 2 PID: 939 Comm: umount Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6 #1
[ 46.738547] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
[ 46.738551] Call Trace:
[ 46.738556] <TASK>
[ 46.738563] dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x5c
[ 46.738581] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x50
[ 46.738592] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x68/0x80
[ 46.738604] f2fs_allocate_data_block+0xdff/0xe60 [f2fs]
[ 46.738819] do_write_page+0xef/0x210 [f2fs]
[ 46.738934] f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x3f/0x80 [f2fs]
[ 46.739038] __write_node_page+0x2b7/0x920 [f2fs]
[ 46.739162] f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x943/0xb00 [f2fs]
[ 46.739293] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x7bb/0x1030 [f2fs]
[ 46.739405] kill_f2fs_super+0x125/0x150 [f2fs]
[ 46.739507] deactivate_locked_super+0x60/0xc0
[ 46.739517] deactivate_super+0x70/0xb0
[ 46.739524] cleanup_mnt+0x11a/0x200
[ 46.739532] __cleanup_mnt+0x16/0x20
[ 46.739538] task_work_run+0x67/0xa0
[ 46.739547] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18c/0x1a0
[ 46.739559] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x40
[ 46.739568] do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0
[ 46.739584] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

The root cause is we missed to do sanity check on curseg->alloc_type,
result in out-of-bound accessing on sbi->block_count[] array, fix it.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.8 5.10.110

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.17.3-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-37.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1011.14 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1010.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1008.10 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1007.8 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1008.11 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1010.11 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1009.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1011.13 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-42.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1165.176+fips1 USN-8920-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1170.176+fips1 USN-8920-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1139.149 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1168.178+fips1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2137.143 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2117.123 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1154.166 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2100.106 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-242.262 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1165.176 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1170.176 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1125.132 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1168.178 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1111.116 USN-8920-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1069.72 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1152.161 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1163.173 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1148.161 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1083.87 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-262.274 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1199.212 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1165.176~18.04.1 USN-8920-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1209.224 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1170.176~18.04.1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1192.209 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1168.178~18.04.1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-242.262~18.04.1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1111.116~18.04.1 USN-8920-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1181.186 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1161.172 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1163.173~18.04.1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1148.161~18.04.1 USN-8919-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-291.325 USN-9033-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1200.215 USN-9033-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1199.212~16.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1209.224~16.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1192.209~16.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-262.274~16.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1163.174 USN-9033-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1161.172~16.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1162.168 USN-9034-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1209.224~14.04.1 USN-9032-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-291.325~14.04.1 USN-9033-1

Advisories 5

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