# CVE-2022-49169: f2fs: use spin\_lock to avoid hang

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang [14696.634553] task:cat state:D stack: 0 pid:1613738 ppid:1613735 flags:0x00000004 [14696.638285] Call Trace: [14696.639038] <TASK> [14696.640032] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.640969] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.641799] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.642890] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.644035] ? mod_objcg_state+0x10c/0x310 [14696.645040] ? obj_cgroup_charge+0xe1/0x170 [14696.646067] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.647126] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.648070] stat_show+0x25/0x17c0 [f2fs] [14696.649218] seq_read_iter+0x120/0x4b0 [14696.650289] ? aa_file_perm+0x12a/0x500 [14696.651357] ? lru_cache_add+0x1c/0x20 [14696.652470] seq_read+0xfd/0x140 [14696.653445] full_proxy_read+0x5c/0x80 [14696.654535] vfs_read+0xa0/0x1a0 [14696.655497] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0 [14696.656502] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20 [14696.657580] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 [14696.658671] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [14696.660068] RIP: 0033:0x7efe39df1cb2 [14696.661133] RSP: 002b:00007ffc8badd948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [14696.662958] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007efe39df1cb2 [14696.664757] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007efe399df000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [14696.666542] RBP: 00007efe399df000 R08: 00007efe399de010 R09: 00007efe399de010 [14696.668363] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 [14696.670155] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000 [14696.671965] </TASK> [14696.672826] task:umount state:D stack: 0 pid:1614985 ppid:1614984 flags:0x00004000 [14696.674930] Call Trace: [14696.675903] <TASK> [14696.676780] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.677927] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.679019] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.680412] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.681783] ? destroy_inode+0x65/0x80 [14696.683006] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.684305] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.685442] f2fs_destroy_stats+0x1e/0x60 [f2fs] [14696.686803] f2fs_put_super+0x158/0x390 [f2fs] [14696.688238] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [14696.689621] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [14696.690894] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [14696.692311] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [14696.693698] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [14696.694985] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [14696.696209] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [14696.697390] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [14696.698587] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/0x1c0 [14696.700053] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50 [14696.701418] do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0 [14696.702630] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eff60346e7ae1a24cd868b8fdcf58e946e7dde1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738886004bd2885ac2db0bc63b4874aa471ca87e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4187d45cc1c2d69fffeee5fa6aa4cb62477cfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98237fcda4a24e67b0a4498c17d5aa4ad4537bc7

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