# CVE-2024-42296: f2fs: fix return value of f2fs_convert_inline_inode()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic in the f2fs filesystem by writing to a read-only device, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-42296, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42296, GHSA-cgf8-p428-jrjq, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-42296, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42296

## What is CVE-2024-42296?

CVE-2024-42296 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2024. 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 return value of f2fs_convert_inline_inode()

If device is readonly, make f2fs_convert_inline_inode()
return EROFS instead of zero, otherwise it may trigger
panic during writeback of inline inode's dirty page as
below:

 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0xbb6/0x1e90 fs/f2fs/data.c:2888
 f2fs_write_cache_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3187 [inline]
 __f2fs_write_data_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3342 [inline]
 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x1efe/0x3a90 fs/f2fs/data.c:3369
 do_writepages+0x359/0x870 mm/page-writeback.c:2634
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x125/0x180 mm/filemap.c:397
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:430 [inline]
 file_write_and_wait_range+0x1aa/0x290 mm/filemap.c:788
 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x68a/0x1ae0 fs/f2fs/file.c:276
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2806 [inline]
 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x7bd/0x24e0 fs/f2fs/file.c:4977
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2114 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline]
 vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590
 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42296?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42296?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-42296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42296 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-2024-42296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42296 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2024. 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-2024-42296 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-2024-42296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42296

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42296/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.