GHSA-Q4PP-63R6-WX5Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-23 15:31 – Updated: 2025-09-23 15:31In 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
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Overview UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2 when mount and operate a corrupted image
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Reproduce tested on kernel 5.17-rc4, 5.17-rc6
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mkdir test_crash
- cd test_crash
- unzip tmp2.zip
- mkdir mnt
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./single_test.sh f2fs 2
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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] [ 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": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49170"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-129"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:00:54Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix to do sanity check on curseg-\u003ealloc_type\n\nAs Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla:\n\nhttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215657\n\n- Overview\nUBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2 when mount and operate a corrupted image\n\n- Reproduce\ntested on kernel 5.17-rc4, 5.17-rc6\n\n1. mkdir test_crash\n2. cd test_crash\n3. unzip tmp2.zip\n4. mkdir mnt\n5. ./single_test.sh f2fs 2\n\n- Kernel dump\n[ 46.434454] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072\n[ 46.529839] F2FS-fs (loop0): Mounted with checkpoint version = 7548c2d9\n[ 46.738319] ================================================================================\n[ 46.738412] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2\n[ 46.738475] index 231 is out of range for type \u0027unsigned int [2]\u0027\n[ 46.738539] CPU: 2 PID: 939 Comm: umount Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6 #1\n[ 46.738547] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014\n[ 46.738551] Call Trace:\n[ 46.738556] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 46.738563] dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x5c\n[ 46.738581] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x50\n[ 46.738592] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x68/0x80\n[ 46.738604] f2fs_allocate_data_block+0xdff/0xe60 [f2fs]\n[ 46.738819] do_write_page+0xef/0x210 [f2fs]\n[ 46.738934] f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x3f/0x80 [f2fs]\n[ 46.739038] __write_node_page+0x2b7/0x920 [f2fs]\n[ 46.739162] f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x943/0xb00 [f2fs]\n[ 46.739293] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x7bb/0x1030 [f2fs]\n[ 46.739405] kill_f2fs_super+0x125/0x150 [f2fs]\n[ 46.739507] deactivate_locked_super+0x60/0xc0\n[ 46.739517] deactivate_super+0x70/0xb0\n[ 46.739524] cleanup_mnt+0x11a/0x200\n[ 46.739532] __cleanup_mnt+0x16/0x20\n[ 46.739538] task_work_run+0x67/0xa0\n[ 46.739547] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18c/0x1a0\n[ 46.739559] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x40\n[ 46.739568] do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0\n[ 46.739584] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nThe root cause is we missed to do sanity check on curseg-\u003ealloc_type,\nresult in out-of-bound accessing on sbi-\u003eblock_count[] array, fix it.",
"id": "GHSA-q4pp-63r6-wx5q",
"modified": "2025-09-23T15:31:07Z",
"published": "2025-09-23T15:31:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49170"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0748a0f7dcb9d9dddc80302d73ebcecef6782ef0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498b7088db71f9707359448cd6800bbb1882f4c3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12765e3f129b144421c80d3383df885f85ee290"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41ee8b91c00770d718be2ff4852a80017ae9ab3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68caedf264a95c0b02dfd0d9f92ac2637d5848a"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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