GHSA-FJRM-VJGQ-9RP6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-28 12:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix node_cnt race between extent node destroy and writeback
f2fs_destroy_extent_node() does not set FI_NO_EXTENT before clearing extent nodes. When called from f2fs_drop_inode() with I_SYNC set, concurrent kworker writeback can insert new extent nodes into the same extent tree, racing with the destroy and triggering f2fs_bug_on() in __destroy_extent_node(). The scenario is as follows:
drop inode writeback - iput - f2fs_drop_inode // I_SYNC set - f2fs_destroy_extent_node - __destroy_extent_node - while (node_cnt) { write_lock(&et->lock) __free_extent_tree write_unlock(&et->lock) - __writeback_single_inode - f2fs_outplace_write_data - f2fs_update_read_extent_cache - __update_extent_tree_range // FI_NO_EXTENT not set, // insert new extent node } // node_cnt == 0, exit while - f2fs_bug_on(node_cnt) // node_cnt > 0
Additionally, __update_extent_tree_range() only checks FI_NO_EXTENT for EX_READ type, leaving EX_BLOCK_AGE updates completely unprotected.
This patch set FI_NO_EXTENT under et->lock in __destroy_extent_node(), consistent with other callers (__update_extent_tree_range and __drop_extent_tree) and check FI_NO_EXTENT for both EX_READ and EX_BLOCK_AGE tree.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-46194"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T10:16:35Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix node_cnt race between extent node destroy and writeback\n\nf2fs_destroy_extent_node() does not set FI_NO_EXTENT before clearing\nextent nodes. When called from f2fs_drop_inode() with I_SYNC set,\nconcurrent kworker writeback can insert new extent nodes into the same\nextent tree, racing with the destroy and triggering f2fs_bug_on() in\n__destroy_extent_node(). The scenario is as follows:\n\ndrop inode writeback\n - iput\n - f2fs_drop_inode // I_SYNC set\n - f2fs_destroy_extent_node\n - __destroy_extent_node\n - while (node_cnt) {\n write_lock(\u0026et-\u003elock)\n __free_extent_tree\n write_unlock(\u0026et-\u003elock)\n - __writeback_single_inode\n - f2fs_outplace_write_data\n - f2fs_update_read_extent_cache\n - __update_extent_tree_range\n // FI_NO_EXTENT not set,\n // insert new extent node\n } // node_cnt == 0, exit while\n - f2fs_bug_on(node_cnt) // node_cnt \u003e 0\n\nAdditionally, __update_extent_tree_range() only checks FI_NO_EXTENT for\nEX_READ type, leaving EX_BLOCK_AGE updates completely unprotected.\n\nThis patch set FI_NO_EXTENT under et-\u003elock in __destroy_extent_node(),\nconsistent with other callers (__update_extent_tree_range and\n__drop_extent_tree) and check FI_NO_EXTENT for both EX_READ and\nEX_BLOCK_AGE tree.",
"id": "GHSA-fjrm-vjgq-9rp6",
"modified": "2026-05-28T12:30:32Z",
"published": "2026-05-28T12:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46194"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0559a0e962aacbb47519e26ee663be04b72dcb92"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42dd1c91f993431d0b399502479d00e6ad1bca71"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab1eaf9d5c99042f5b0243bf67a06283a4c0757f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e4395870eb3441ddc959f6710b5f6ca61aff26"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed78aeebef05212ef7dca93bd931e4eff67c113f"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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