In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: zone: fix to avoid inconsistence in between SIT and SSA
w/ below testcase, it will cause inconsistence in between SIT and SSA.
create_null_blk 512 2 1024 1024
mkfs.f2fs -m /dev/nullb0
mount /dev/nullb0 /mnt/f2fs/
touch /mnt/f2fs/file
f2fs_io pinfile set /mnt/f2fs/file
fallocate -l 4GiB /mnt/f2fs/file
F2FS-fs (nullb0): Inconsistent segment (0) type [1, 0] in SSA and SIT
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 2398 Comm: fallocate Tainted: G O 6.13.0-rc1 #84
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0xb3/0xd0
dump_stack+0x14/0x20
f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x18c/0x220 [f2fs]
f2fs_stop_checkpoint+0x38/0x50 [f2fs]
do_garbage_collect+0x674/0x6e0 [f2fs]
f2fs_gc_range+0x12b/0x230 [f2fs]
f2fs_allocate_pinning_section+0x5c/0x150 [f2fs]
f2fs_expand_inode_data+0x1cc/0x3c0 [f2fs]
f2fs_fallocate+0x3c3/0x410 [f2fs]
vfs_fallocate+0x15f/0x4b0
__x64_sys_fallocate+0x4a/0x80
x64_sys_call+0x15e8/0x1b80
do_syscall_64+0x68/0x130
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0x6f
RIP: 0033:0x7f9dba5197ca
F2FS-fs (nullb0): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 4
The reason is f2fs_gc_range() may try to migrate block in curseg, however,
its SSA block is not uptodate due to the last summary block data is still
in cache of curseg.
In this patch, we add a condition in f2fs_gc_range() to check whether
section is opened or not, and skip block migration for opened section.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it