CVE-2026-23234

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in f2fs_write_end_io

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io() As syzbot reported an use-after-free issue in f2fs_write_end_io(). It is caused by below race condition: loop device umount - worker_thread - loop_process_work - do_req_filebacked - lo_rw_aio - lo_rw_aio_complete - blk_mq_end_request - blk_update_request - f2fs_write_end_io - dec_page_count - folio_end_writeback - kill_f2fs_super - kill_block_super - f2fs_put_super : free(sbi) : get_pages(, F2FS_WB_CP_DATA) accessed sbi which is freed In kill_f2fs_super(), we will drop all page caches of f2fs inodes before call free(sbi), it guarantee that all folios should end its writeback, so it should be safe to access sbi before last folio_end_writeback(). Let's relocate ckpt thread wakeup flow before folio_end_writeback() to resolve this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 3.13.0 - 5.10.251linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.201linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.164linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.127linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.74linux
Linux/Linux < 3.13
Linux/Linux 3.13
Linux/Linux 5.10.251 - 5.10.*
... and 16 more
Published Mar 04, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 04, 2026