CVE-2024-42296

MEDIUM EPSS 13.2%
Published Aug 17, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 17, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix return value of f2fs_convert_inline_inode() If device is readonly, make f2fs_convert_inline_inode() return EROFS instead of zero, otherwise it may trigger panic during writeback of inline inode's dirty page as below: f2fs_write_single_data_page+0xbb6/0x1e90 fs/f2fs/data.c:2888 f2fs_write_cache_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3187 [inline] __f2fs_write_data_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3342 [inline] f2fs_write_data_pages+0x1efe/0x3a90 fs/f2fs/data.c:3369 do_writepages+0x359/0x870 mm/page-writeback.c:2634 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x125/0x180 mm/filemap.c:397 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:430 [inline] file_write_and_wait_range+0x1aa/0x290 mm/filemap.c:788 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x68a/0x1ae0 fs/f2fs/file.c:276 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2806 [inline] f2fs_file_write_iter+0x7bd/0x24e0 fs/f2fs/file.c:4977 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2114 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.8  –  <5.15.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.103
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.44
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.3

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/077f0e24b27c4b44841593c7edbd1993be9eecb5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7725814361c8c008d131db195cef8274ff26b8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a8ddcdcaccd9b891db4574795e46a33a121ac2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f5ef5f33c333cfb286116fa3af74ac9bc84f1b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8eb3de28e7a365690c61161e7a07a4fc7c60bbf
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/077f0e24b27c4b44841593c7edbd1993be9eecb5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7725814361c8c008d131db195cef8274ff26b8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a8ddcdcaccd9b891db4574795e46a33a121ac2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f5ef5f33c333cfb286116fa3af74ac9bc84f1b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8eb3de28e7a365690c61161e7a07a4fc7c60bbf
    Patch