Kernel crash via inconsistent F2FS NAT state
Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 15, 2026
Denial of service in Linux 3.8 through 5.19.3 allows local users to crash the kernel through an F2FS extended-attribute write. In f2fs_new_node_page(), a free NAT bitmap slot paired with a non-NULL NAT block address invokes f2fs_bug_on() instead of returning a filesystem-corruption error. A local low-privileged user must be able to set an extended attribute on a mounted F2FS volume; the documented impact is a kernel crash.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Linux 3.8 through 5.19.3 allows local users to crash the kernel through an F2FS extended-attribute write. In f2fs_new_node_page(), a free NAT bitmap slot paired with a non-NULL NAT block address invokes f2fs_bug_on() instead of returning a filesystem-corruption error. A local low-privileged user must be able to set an extended attribute on a mounted F2FS volume; the documented impact is a kernel crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-50013
- Published
- Jun 18, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <141170b759e03958f296033bb7001be62d1d363b
- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <29e734ec33ae4bd7de4018fb0fb0eec808c36b92
- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <43ce0a0bda2c54dad91d5a1943554eed9e050f55
- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <5a01e45b925a0bc9718eccd33e5920f1a4e44caf
- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <800ba8979111184d5194f4233cc83afe683efc54
- Affected versionversion=22ad0b6ab46683975c6da032f1c2593066c7b3bd <fbfad62b29e9f8f1c1026a806c9e064ec2a7c342
- Affected versionversion=4.11
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