# CVE-2024-44942: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on F2FS_INLINE_DATA flag in inode during GC

> A missing sanity check in the Linux kernel f2fs filesystem allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel bug and cause 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:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-44942, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44942, GHSA-76mr-xp5q-rcx7, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-44942, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-44942, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44942

## What is CVE-2024-44942?

CVE-2024-44942 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 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 to do sanity check on F2FS_INLINE_DATA flag in inode during GC

syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:

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kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inline.c:258!
CPU: 1 PID: 34 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-syzkaller-00012-g9e4bc4bcae01 #0
RIP: 0010:f2fs_write_inline_data+0x781/0x790 fs/f2fs/inline.c:258
Call Trace:
 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0xb65/0x1d60 fs/f2fs/data.c:2834
 f2fs_write_cache_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3133 [inline]
 __f2fs_write_data_pages fs/f2fs/data.c:3288 [inline]
 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x1efe/0x3a90 fs/f2fs/data.c:3315
 do_writepages+0x35b/0x870 mm/page-writeback.c:2612
 __writeback_single_inode+0x165/0x10b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1650
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x905/0x1260 fs/fs-writeback.c:1941
 wb_writeback+0x457/0xce0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2117
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2264 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0x410/0x1090 fs/fs-writeback.c:2304
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3254 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa12/0x17c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3335
 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:3416
 kthread+0x2f2/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

The root cause is: inline_data inode can be fuzzed, so that there may
be valid blkaddr in its direct node, once f2fs triggers background GC
to migrate the block, it will hit f2fs_bug_on() during dirty page
writeback.

Let's add sanity check on F2FS_INLINE_DATA flag in inode during GC,
so that, it can forbid migrating inline_data inode's data block for
fixing.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44942?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44942?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-44942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44942 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-2024-44942 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44942 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 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-2024-44942 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-2024-44942/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44942/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44942
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44942
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44942

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44942/
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