# CVE-2024-56586: f2fs: fix f2fs_bug_on when uninstalling filesystem call f2fs_evict_inode.

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel bug check and crash the system by manipulating f2fs filesystem states during unmounting.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-56586, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56586, GHSA-qm9m-jrmj-23f4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56586

## What is CVE-2024-56586?

CVE-2024-56586 is a medium-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 f2fs_bug_on when uninstalling filesystem call f2fs_evict_inode.

creating a large files during checkpoint disable until it runs out of
space and then delete it, then remount to enable checkpoint again, and
then unmount the filesystem triggers the f2fs_bug_on as below:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:896!
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1286 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-dirty #360
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:f2fs_evict_inode+0x58c/0x610
Call Trace:
 __die_body+0x15/0x60
 die+0x33/0x50
 do_trap+0x10a/0x120
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x58c/0x610
 do_error_trap+0x60/0x80
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x58c/0x610
 exc_invalid_op+0x53/0x60
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x58c/0x610
 asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x58c/0x610
 evict+0x101/0x260
 dispose_list+0x30/0x50
 evict_inodes+0x140/0x190
 generic_shutdown_super+0x2f/0x150
 kill_block_super+0x11/0x40
 kill_f2fs_super+0x7d/0x140
 deactivate_locked_super+0x2a/0x70
 cleanup_mnt+0xb3/0x140
 task_work_run+0x61/0x90

The root cause is: creating large files during disable checkpoint
period results in not enough free segments, so when writing back root
inode will failed in f2fs_enable_checkpoint. When umount the file
system after enabling checkpoint, the root inode is dirty in
f2fs_evict_inode function, which triggers BUG_ON. The steps to
reproduce are as follows:

dd if=/dev/zero of=f2fs.img bs=1M count=55
mount f2fs.img f2fs_dir -o checkpoint=disable:10%
dd if=/dev/zero of=big bs=1M count=50
sync
rm big
mount -o remount,checkpoint=enable f2fs_dir
umount f2fs_dir

Let's redirty inode when there is not free segments during checkpoint
is disable.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56586?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56586?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2024-56586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56586 is a medium-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-2024-56586 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-2024-56586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56586/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56586

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