# CVE-2022-50753: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on summary info

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's f2fs filesystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via a crafted filesystem image.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50753, GHSA-83fq-277g-4r9j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50753

## What is CVE-2022-50753?

CVE-2022-50753 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on summary info

As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla:

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

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in recover_data+0x63ae/0x6ae0 [f2fs]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881464dcd80 by task mount/1013

CPU: 3 PID: 1013 Comm: mount Tainted: G        W          6.0.0-rc4 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5e
 print_report.cold+0xf3/0x68d
 kasan_report+0xa8/0x130
 recover_data+0x63ae/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

The root cause is: in fuzzed image, SSA table is corrupted: ofs_in_node
is larger than ADDRS_PER_PAGE(), result in out-of-range access on 4k-size
page.

- recover_data
 - do_recover_data
  - check_index_in_prev_nodes
   - f2fs_data_blkaddr

This patch adds sanity check on summary info in recovery and GC flow
in where the flows rely on them.

After patch:
[   29.310883] F2FS-fs (loop0): Inconsistent ofs_in_node:65286 in summary, ino:0, nid:6, max:1018

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50753?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50753?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50753 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50753 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50753 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50753 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50753 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50753/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50753/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50753
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50753
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50753

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