Kernel panic via unchecked F2FS block address
Published Dec 28, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel F2FS driver allows local users to panic the system through a crafted filesystem image. A crafted NAT entry supplies a corrupted block address that truncate_node() passes to f2fs_invalidate_blocks() without validating it. The image must be mounted and a node truncated; triggering the path panics the kernel and interrupts the host.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel F2FS driver allows local users to panic the system through a crafted filesystem image. A crafted NAT entry supplies a corrupted block address that truncate_node() passes to f2fs_invalidate_blocks() without validating it. The image must be mounted and a node truncated; triggering the path panics the kernel and interrupts the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56692
- Published
- Dec 28, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-754, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.8
- Affected versionversion=98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 <0a5c8b3fbf6200f1c66062d307c9a52084917788
- Affected versionversion=98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 <27d6e7eff07f8cce8e83b162d8f21a07458c860d
- Affected versionversion=98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 <6babe00ccd34fc65b78ef8b99754e32b4385f23d
- Affected versionversion=98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 <c1077078ce4589b5e5387f6b0aaa0d4534b9eb57
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