# CVE-2022-49318: f2fs: remove WARN\_ON in f2fs\_is\_valid\_blkaddr

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5, 4.10, 4.15
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.4.172, fixed in 4.5; from 4.9.144, fixed in 4.10; from 4.14.86, fixed in 4.15
- Linux: 4.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: remove WARN_ON in f2fs_is_valid_blkaddr Syzbot triggers two WARNs in f2fs_is_valid_blkaddr and __is_bitmap_valid. For example, in f2fs_is_valid_blkaddr, if type is DATA_GENERIC_ENHANCE or DATA_GENERIC_ENHANCE_READ, it invokes WARN_ON if blkaddr is not in the right range. The call trace is as follows: f2fs_get_node_info+0x45f/0x1070 read_node_page+0x577/0x1190 __get_node_page.part.0+0x9e/0x10e0 __get_node_page f2fs_get_node_page+0x109/0x180 do_read_inode f2fs_iget+0x2a5/0x58b0 f2fs_fill_super+0x3b39/0x7ca0 Fix these two WARNs by replacing WARN_ON with dump_stack.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a7a1fc7e71eecf2e5053a6c312c9f0dcbb9b8fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32bea51fe4c6e92c00403739f7547c89219bea88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c09b298e47ebbe345a6da9f268b32a6b0f4582
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd6374af36cc548464d8c47a93fdba7303bb82a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c62c5e26345c34d199b4b8c8e69255ba3d0e751
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2f78e2d4cc844a1458653d57ce1b54d4a29f21

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