# CVE-2022-50273: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on destination blkaddr during recovery

> A missing sanity check in the Linux kernel f2fs filesystem during recovery can cause a kernel panic if specific configuration options are enabled.

- **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:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50273, GHSA-rgpr-5qqc-g899, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50273

## What is CVE-2022-50273?

CVE-2022-50273 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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 do sanity check on destination blkaddr during recovery

As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216456

loop5: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): Bitmap was wrongly set, blk:5634
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1013 at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2198
RIP: 0010:update_sit_entry+0xa55/0x10b0 [f2fs]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 f2fs_do_replace_block+0xa98/0x1890 [f2fs]
 f2fs_replace_block+0xeb/0x180 [f2fs]
 recover_data+0x1a69/0x6ae0 [f2fs]
 f2fs_recover_fsync_data+0x120d/0x1fc0 [f2fs]
 f2fs_fill_super+0x4665/0x61e0 [f2fs]
 mount_bdev+0x2cf/0x3b0
 legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0
 vfs_get_tree+0x81/0x2b0
 path_mount+0x47e/0x19d0
 do_mount+0xce/0xf0
 __x64_sys_mount+0x12c/0x1a0
 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

If we enable CONFIG_F2FS_CHECK_FS config, it will trigger a kernel panic
instead of warning.

The root cause is: in fuzzed image, SIT table is inconsistent with inode
mapping table, result in triggering such warning during SIT table update.

This patch introduces a new flag DATA_GENERIC_ENHANCE_UPDATE, w/ this
flag, data block recovery flow can check destination blkaddr's validation
in SIT table, and skip f2fs_replace_block() to avoid inconsistent status.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50273?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50273?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50273 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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-2022-50273 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-2022-50273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50273

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