Kernel crash via incomplete F2FS node-page reads
Published Jan 14, 2026 · Updated Jan 14, 2026
Race condition in Linux Kernel F2FS allows local users to crash the kernel during filesystem unmount by racing node-page reads. The f2fs_put_super() teardown path can finish while F2FS_RD_NODE page reads remain outstanding, leaving teardown to dereference invalid state. Reaching the failure requires local privileges to unmount an affected F2FS filesystem and a timing window with unfinished node reads; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel crash.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Linux Kernel F2FS allows local users to crash the kernel during filesystem unmount by racing node-page reads. The f2fs_put_super() teardown path can finish while F2FS_RD_NODE page reads remain outstanding, leaving teardown to dereference invalid state. Reaching the failure requires local privileges to unmount an affected F2FS filesystem and a timing window with unfinished node reads; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-71107
- Published
- Jan 14, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0e2577074b459bba7f4016f4d725ede37d48bb22
- Affected versionversion=20872584b8c0b006c007da9588a272c9e28d2e18 <0b36fae23621a09e772c8adf918b9011158f8511
- Affected versionversion=20872584b8c0b006c007da9588a272c9e28d2e18 <297baa4aa263ff8f5b3d246ee16a660d76aa82c4
- Affected versionversion=20872584b8c0b006c007da9588a272c9e28d2e18 <3b15d5f12935e9e25f9a571e680716bc9ee61025
- Affected versionversion=20872584b8c0b006c007da9588a272c9e28d2e18 <c3031cf2b61f1508662fc95ef9ad505cb0882a5f
- Affected versionversion=6.5
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