CVE-2022-49255

MEDIUM
Published Feb 26, 2025 Modified Oct 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix missing free nid in f2fs_handle_failed_inode This patch fixes xfstests/generic/475 failure. [ 293.680694] F2FS-fs (dm-1): May loss orphan inode, run fsck to fix. [ 293.685358] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691527] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691764] sh (7615): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.691819] sh (7616): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.694017] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 1, async page read [ 293.695659] sh (7618): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.696979] sh (7617): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.700290] sh (7623): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.708621] sh (7626): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711386] sh (7628): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711825] sh (7627): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.716738] sh (7630): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.719613] sh (7632): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.720971] sh (7633): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.727741] sh (7634): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.730783] sh (7636): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732681] sh (7635): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732988] sh (7637): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.738836] sh (7639): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.740568] sh (7641): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.743053] sh (7640): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.821889] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 293.824654] kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/node.c:3334! [ 293.826226] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 293.828713] CPU: 0 PID: 7653 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc1-custom #1 [ 293.830946] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 293.832526] RIP: 0010:f2fs_destroy_node_manager+0x33f/0x350 [f2fs] [ 293.833905] Code: e8 d6 3d f9 f9 48 8b 45 d0 65 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 00 75 1a 48 81 c4 28 03 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 0f 0b [ 293.837783] RSP: 0018:ffffb04ec31e7a20 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 293.839062] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9df947db2eb8 RCX: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.840666] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffe86c0432a140 RDI: ffffffffc0b72a21 [ 293.842261] RBP: ffffb04ec31e7d70 R08: ffff9df94ca85780 R09: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.843909] R10: ffff9df94ca85700 R11: ffff9df94e1ccf58 R12: ffff9df947db2e00 [ 293.845594] R13: ffff9df947db2ed0 R14: ffff9df947db2eb8 R15: ffff9df947db2eb8 [ 293.847855] FS: 00007f5a97379800(0000) GS:ffff9dfa77c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 293.850647] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 293.852940] CR2: 00007f5a97528730 CR3: 000000010bc76005 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 [ 293.854680] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 293.856423] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 293.858380] Call Trace: [ 293.859302] <TASK> [ 293.860311] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x1c/0x170 [ 293.861800] ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xb0 [ 293.863057] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40 [ 293.864411] ? try_to_wake_up+0x9d/0x5e0 [ 293.865618] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.866934] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.868223] ? free_unref_page+0xbf/0x120 [ 293.869470] ? __free_slab+0xcb/0x1c0 [ 293.870614] ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0 [ 293.871811] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.872918] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x8a/0xc0 [ 293.874186] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.875305] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.876466] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.877650] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.878949] ? call_rcu+0x11a/0x240 [ 293.880060] ? f2fs_destroy_stats+0x59/0x60 [f2fs] [ 293.881437] ? kfree+0x1fe/0x230 [ 293.882674] f2fs_put_super+0x160/0x390 [f2fs] [ 293.883978] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [ 293.885274] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [ 293.886496] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [ 293.887806] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [ 293.889271] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [ 293.890513] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [ 293.891689] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [ 293.892850] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [ 293.894035] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/ ---truncated---

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-49255? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix missing free nid in f2fs_handle_failed_inode This patch fixes xfstests/generic/475 failure. [ 293.680694] F2FS-fs (dm-1): May loss orphan inode, run fsck to fix. [ 293.685358] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691527] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691764] sh (7615): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.691819] sh (7616): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.694017] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 1, async page read [ 293.695659] sh (7618): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.696979] sh (7617): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.700290] sh (7623): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.708621] sh (7626): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711386] sh (7628): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711825] sh (7627): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.716738] sh (7630): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.719613] sh (7632): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.720971] sh (7633): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.727741] sh (7634): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.730783] sh (7636): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732681] sh (7635): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732988] sh (7637): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.738836] sh (7639): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.740568] sh (7641): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.743053] sh (7640): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.821889] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 293.824654] kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/node.c:3334! [ 293.826226] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 293.828713] CPU: 0 PID: 7653 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc1-custom #1 [ 293.830946] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 293.832526] RIP: 0010:f2fs_destroy_node_manager+0x33f/0x350 [f2fs] [ 293.833905] Code: e8 d6 3d f9 f9 48 8b 45 d0 65 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 00 75 1a 48 81 c4 28 03 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 0f 0b [ 293.837783] RSP: 0018:ffffb04ec31e7a20 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 293.839062] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9df947db2eb8 RCX: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.840666] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffe86c0432a140 RDI: ffffffffc0b72a21 [ 293.842261] RBP: ffffb04ec31e7d70 R08: ffff9df94ca85780 R09: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.843909] R10: ffff9df94ca85700 R11: ffff9df94e1ccf58 R12: ffff9df947db2e00 [ 293.845594] R13: ffff9df947db2ed0 R14: ffff9df947db2eb8 R15: ffff9df947db2eb8 [ 293.847855] FS: 00007f5a97379800(0000) GS:ffff9dfa77c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 293.850647] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 293.852940] CR2: 00007f5a97528730 CR3: 000000010bc76005 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 [ 293.854680] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 293.856423] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 293.858380] Call Trace: [ 293.859302] <TASK> [ 293.860311] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x1c/0x170 [ 293.861800] ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xb0 [ 293.863057] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40 [ 293.864411] ? try_to_wake_up+0x9d/0x5e0 [ 293.865618] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.866934] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.868223] ? free_unref_page+0xbf/0x120 [ 293.869470] ? __free_slab+0xcb/0x1c0 [ 293.870614] ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0 [ 293.871811] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.872918] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x8a/0xc0 [ 293.874186] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.875305] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.876466] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.877650] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.878949] ? call_rcu+0x11a/0x240 [ 293.880060] ? f2fs_destroy_stats+0x59/0x60 [f2fs] [ 293.881437] ? kfree+0x1fe/0x230 [ 293.882674] f2fs_put_super+0x160/0x390 [f2fs] [ 293.883978] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [ 293.885274] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [ 293.886496] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [ 293.887806] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [ 293.889271] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [ 293.890513] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [ 293.891689] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [ 293.892850] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [ 293.894035] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/ ---truncated--- It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2022-49255? +
CVE-2022-49255 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-49255? +
CVE-2022-49255 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-49255? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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