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Unscored CVE-2024-47691 EUVD-2024-42611GHSA-gc96-qrrv-3724

f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free in f2fs_stop_gc_thread()

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free in f2fs_stop_gc_thread()

syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114
print_report+0xe8/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:491
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601
kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]
atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:252 [inline]
__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:184 [inline]
__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:241 [inline]
refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:258 [inline]
get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:118 [inline]
kthread_stop+0xca/0x630 kernel/kthread.c:704
f2fs_stop_gc_thread+0x65/0xb0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:210
f2fs_do_shutdown+0x192/0x540 fs/f2fs/file.c:2283
f2fs_ioc_shutdown fs/f2fs/file.c:2325 [inline]
__f2fs_ioctl+0x443a/0xbe60 fs/f2fs/file.c:4325
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The root cause is below race condition, it may cause use-after-free
issue in sbi->gc_th pointer.

- remount
- f2fs_remount
- f2fs_stop_gc_thread
- kfree(gc_th)
- f2fs_ioc_shutdown
- f2fs_do_shutdown
- f2fs_stop_gc_thread
- kthread_stop(gc_th->f2fs_gc_task)
: sbi->gc_thread = NULL;

We will call f2fs_do_shutdown() in two paths:
- for f2fs_ioc_shutdown() path, we should grab sb->s_umount semaphore
for fixing.
- for f2fs_shutdown() path, it's safe since caller has already grabbed
sb->s_umount semaphore.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.16 6.6.54

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 6.11.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.2-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1082.84 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-164.174 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1098.105 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1102.111 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1102.111.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1098.107 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1094.100 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1081.89 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1092.95 USN-7928-4, USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1093.99 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1090.95 USN-7928-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1093.94 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1050.50 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1039.39 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1095.101 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1062.66 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1090.92 USN-7928-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1097.106 USN-7928-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1098.105+fips1 USN-7928-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1102.111+fips1 USN-7928-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-164.174+fips1 USN-7928-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1098.107+fips1 USN-7928-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1153.163+fips1 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1157.164+fips1 USN-7939-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1127.137 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1156.165+fips1 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-224.244 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1153.163 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1098.105~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1156.163 USN-7939-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1102.111~20.04.1 USN-7938-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1112.119 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1156.165 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1098.107~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-164.174~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1099.104 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1092.95~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1093.99~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1057.60 USN-7922-5
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1140.149 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1050.50~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1151.161 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1095.101~20.04.1 USN-7928-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1136.149 USN-7922-4
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1093.97~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1071.75 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1153.163~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1156.163~18.04.1 USN-7939-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1156.165~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-224.244~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1099.104~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1151.161~18.04.1 USN-7922-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1136.149~18.04.1 USN-7922-4
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.56.1-5 —

Advisories 29

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