# CVE-2022-49364: f2fs: fix to clear dirty inode in f2fs_evict_inode()

> A bug in the Linux kernel's f2fs filesystem causes a kernel panic during unmount, leading to a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49364, GHSA-q9f3-q9mr-6fx9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49364

## What is CVE-2022-49364?

CVE-2022-49364 is a medium-severity denial of service 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: fix to clear dirty inode in f2fs_evict_inode()

As Yanming reported in bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215904

The kernel message is shown below:

kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:825!
Call Trace:
 evict+0x282/0x4e0
 __dentry_kill+0x2b2/0x4d0
 shrink_dentry_list+0x17c/0x4f0
 shrink_dcache_parent+0x143/0x1e0
 do_one_tree+0x9/0x30
 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x51/0x120
 generic_shutdown_super+0x5c/0x3a0
 kill_block_super+0x90/0xd0
 kill_f2fs_super+0x225/0x310
 deactivate_locked_super+0x78/0xc0
 cleanup_mnt+0x2b7/0x480
 task_work_run+0xc8/0x150
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14a/0x150
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40
 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90

The root cause is: inode node and dnode node share the same nid,
so during f2fs_evict_inode(), dnode node truncation will invalidate
its NAT entry, so when truncating inode node, it fails due to
invalid NAT entry, result in inode is still marked as dirty, fix
this issue by clearing dirty for inode and setting SBI_NEED_FSCK
flag in filesystem.

output from dump.f2fs:
[print_node_info: 354] Node ID [0xf:15] is inode
i_nid[0]                      		[0x       f : 15]

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49364?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49364?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49364 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49364 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49364 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49364 is a medium-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49364 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49364/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49364/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49364
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49364
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49364

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