# CVE-2022-50013: f2fs: fix to avoid use f2fs_bug_on() in f2fs_new_node_page()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic in the f2fs filesystem by exploiting inconsistent NAT entry and bitmap states, causing 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:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50013, GHSA-v373-5hg6-925q, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50013

## What is CVE-2022-50013?

CVE-2022-50013 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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 avoid use f2fs_bug_on() in f2fs_new_node_page()

As Dipanjan Das <mail.dipanjan.das@gmail.com> reported, syzkaller
found a f2fs bug as below:

RIP: 0010:f2fs_new_node_page+0x19ac/0x1fc0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1295
Call Trace:
 write_all_xattrs fs/f2fs/xattr.c:487 [inline]
 __f2fs_setxattr+0xe76/0x2e10 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:743
 f2fs_setxattr+0x233/0xab0 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:790
 f2fs_xattr_generic_set+0x133/0x170 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:86
 __vfs_setxattr+0x115/0x180 fs/xattr.c:182
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x125/0x5f0 fs/xattr.c:216
 __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x1cf/0x260 fs/xattr.c:277
 vfs_setxattr+0x13f/0x330 fs/xattr.c:303
 setxattr+0x146/0x160 fs/xattr.c:611
 path_setxattr+0x1a7/0x1d0 fs/xattr.c:630
 __do_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:653 [inline]
 __se_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:649 [inline]
 __x64_sys_lsetxattr+0xbd/0x150 fs/xattr.c:649
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

NAT entry and nat bitmap can be inconsistent, e.g. one nid is free
in nat bitmap, and blkaddr in its NAT entry is not NULL_ADDR, it
may trigger BUG_ON() in f2fs_new_node_page(), fix it.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50013?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50013?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2022-50013 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50013 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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-2022-50013 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-2022-50013/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50013/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50013
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50013
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50013

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50013/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.