CVE-2022-49282 f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync()

What is CVE-2022-49282?

CVE-2022-49282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync()

cnt should be passed to sb_has_quota_active() instead of type to check active quota properly.

Moreover, when the type is -1, the compiler with enough inline knowledge can discard sb_has_quota_active() check altogether, causing a NULL pointer dereference at the following inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]):

[ 2.796010] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796024] Mem abort info: [ 2.796025] ESR = 0x96000005 [ 2.796028] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 2.796029] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 2.796031] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 2.796032] Data abort info: [ 2.796034] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005 [ 2.796035] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 2.796046] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000003370d1000 [ 2.796048] [00000000000000a0] pgd=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000 [ 2.796051] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 2.796056] CPU: 7 PID: 640 Comm: f2fs_ckpt-259:7 Tainted: G S 5.4.179-arter97-r8-64666-g2f16e087f9d8 #1 [ 2.796057] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Lahaina MTP lemonadep (DT) [ 2.796059] pstate: 80c00005 (Nzcv daif +PAN +UAO) [ 2.796065] pc : down_write+0x28/0x70 [ 2.796070] lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294 [ 2.796071] sp : ffffffa3f48ffc30 [ 2.796073] x29: ffffffa3f48ffc30 x28: 0000000000000000 [ 2.796075] x27: ffffffa3f6d718b8 x26: ffffffa415fe9d80 [ 2.796077] x25: ffffffa3f7290048 x24: 0000000000000001 [ 2.796078] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffa3f7290000 [ 2.796080] x21: ffffffa3f72904a0 x20: ffffffa3f7290110 [ 2.796081] x19: ffffffa3f77a9800 x18: ffffffc020aae038 [ 2.796083] x17: ffffffa40e38e040 x16: ffffffa40e38e6d0 [ 2.796085] x15: ffffffa40e38e6cc x14: ffffffa40e38e6d0 [ 2.796086] x13: 00000000000004f6 x12: 00162c44ff493000 [ 2.796088] x11: 0000000000000400 x10: ffffffa40e38c948 [ 2.796090] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796091] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000d1060f00002a [ 2.796093] x5 : ffffffa3f48ff718 x4 : 000000000000000d [ 2.796094] x3 : 00000000060c0000 x2 : 0000000000000001 [ 2.796096] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000000a0 [ 2.796098] Call trace: [ 2.796100] down_write+0x28/0x70 [ 2.796102] f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294 [ 2.796104] block_operations+0x120/0x204 [ 2.796106] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x11c/0x520 [ 2.796107] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x7c/0xd34 [ 2.796109] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x6c/0xb8 [ 2.796112] kthread+0x138/0x414 [ 2.796114] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 2.796117] Code: aa0803e0 aa1f03e1 52800022 aa0103e9 (c8e97d02) [ 2.796120] ---[ end trace 96e942e8eb6a0b53 ]--- [ 2.800116] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 2.800120] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49282?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49282?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49282, GHSA-fc4w-ww8r-wx6x, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49282.