# CVE-2023-52682: f2fs: fix to wait on block writeback for post\_read case

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to wait on block writeback for post_read case If inode is compressed, but not encrypted, it missed to call f2fs_wait_on_block_writeback() to wait for GCed page writeback in IPU write path. Thread A GC-Thread - f2fs_gc - do_garbage_collect - gc_data_segment - move_data_block - f2fs_submit_page_write migrate normal cluster's block via meta_inode's page cache - f2fs_write_single_data_page - f2fs_do_write_data_page - f2fs_inplace_write_data - f2fs_submit_page_bio IRQ - f2fs_read_end_io IRQ old data overrides new data due to out-of-order GC and common IO. - f2fs_read_end_io

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bfe8fdb674f71747553a65f2ef27e14c8880655
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bfd5ea71521d0e522ba581c6ccc5db93759c0c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4535be48780431753505e74e1b1ad4836a189bc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f904c156d8011d8291ffd5b6b398f3747e294986
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55fdc1c24a1d6229fe0ecf31335fb9a2eceaaa00

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