f2fs: avoid infinite loop to flush node pages
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: avoid infinite loop to flush node pages xfstests/generic/475 can give EIO all the time which give an infinite loop to flush node page like below. Let's avoid it. [16418.518551] Call Trace: [16418.518553] ? dm_submit_bio+0x48/0x400 [16418.518574] ? submit_bio_checks+0x1ac/0x5a0 [16418.525207] __submit_bio+0x1a9/0x230 [16418.525210] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x29e/0x3c0 [16418.525223] submit_bio_noacct+0xa8/0x2b0 [16418.525226] submit_bio+0x4d/0x130 [16418.525238] __submit_bio+0x49/0x310 [f2fs] [16418.525339] ? bio_add_page+0x6a/0x90 [16418.525344] f2fs_submit_page_bio+0x134/0x1f0 [f2fs] [16418.525365] read_node_page+0x125/0x1b0 [f2fs] [16418.525388] __get_node_page.part.0+0x58/0x3f0 [f2fs] [16418.525409] __get_node_page+0x2f/0x60 [f2fs] [16418.525431] f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0x423/0x860 [f2fs] [16418.525452] ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 [16418.525458] ? __mod_memcg_state.part.0+0x2a/0x30 [16418.525465] ? __mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0x27/0x40 [16418.525467] ? __xa_set_mark+0x57/0x70 [16418.525472] f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x10e/0x7b0 [f2fs] [16418.525493] f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x555/0x830 [f2fs] [16418.525514] ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4e/0x90 [16418.525518] ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 [16418.525523] f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x303/0x880 [f2fs] [16418.525545] ? blk_flush_plug_list+0x47/0x100 [16418.525548] f2fs_write_data_pages+0xfd/0x320 [f2fs] [16418.525569] do_writepages+0xd5/0x210 [16418.525648] filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x7d/0xc0 [16418.525655] filemap_fdatawrite+0x50/0x70 [16418.525658] f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes+0xa4/0x230 [f2fs] [16418.525679] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x16d/0x1720 [f2fs] [16418.525699] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x1c/0x160 [16418.525709] ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xd0 [16418.525711] ? __wait_for_common+0x11d/0x150 [16418.525715] kill_f2fs_super+0xca/0x100 [f2fs] [16418.525733] deactivate_locked_super+0x3b/0xb0 [16418.525739] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [16418.525741] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [16418.525747] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [16418.525749] task_work_run+0x6d/0xa0 [16418.525765] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1ad/0x1b0 [16418.525771] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50 [16418.525774] do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0 [16418.525776] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.18.4, 5.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49317
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-45xf-wh8j-3x9p
References
More Linux Kernel vulnerabilities
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- TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-49317 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-49317 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-45xf-wh8j-3x9p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-49317 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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