# CVE-2024-53220: f2fs: fix to account dirty data in __get_secs_required()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic in the f2fs filesystem by exploiting incorrect dirty data accounting when checkpoint disabling and LFS mode are enabled.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53220, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53220, GHSA-44hx-9778-xh92, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-53220, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-53220, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53220

## What is CVE-2024-53220?

CVE-2024-53220 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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 account dirty data in __get_secs_required()

It will trigger system panic w/ testcase in [1]:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2752!
RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0xc81/0x2110
Call Trace:
 f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x1c91/0x4540
 do_write_page+0x163/0xdf0
 f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x1aa/0x340
 f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x797/0x2280
 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x16cd/0x2190
 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x994/0x1c80
 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x9cc/0xea0
 do_writepages+0x194/0x7a0
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x12b/0x1a0
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xbb/0xf0
 file_write_and_wait_range+0xa1/0x110
 f2fs_do_sync_file+0x26f/0x1c50
 f2fs_sync_file+0x12b/0x1d0
 vfs_fsync_range+0xfa/0x230
 do_fsync+0x3d/0x80
 __x64_sys_fsync+0x37/0x50
 x64_sys_call+0x1e88/0x20d0
 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The root cause is if checkpoint_disabling and lfs_mode are both on,
it will trigger OPU for all overwritten data, it may cost more free
segment than expected, so f2fs must account those data correctly to
calculate cosumed free segments later, and return ENOSPC earlier to
avoid run out of free segment during block allocation.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/20241015025106.3203676-1-chao@kernel.org/

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53220?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53220?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53220 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-2024-53220 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53220 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-53220 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-2024-53220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53220/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53220
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53220
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53220

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