# CVE-2024-42273: f2fs: assign CURSEG\_ALL\_DATA\_ATGC if blkaddr is valid

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.104, 6.6.45, 5.16, 6.8
- Published: 2024-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.77, fixed in 6.1.104; from 6.6.16, fixed in 6.6.45; from 5.15.149, fixed in 5.16; from 6.7.4, fixed in 6.8
- Linux: 6.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: assign CURSEG_ALL_DATA_ATGC if blkaddr is valid mkdir /mnt/test/comp f2fs_io setflags compression /mnt/test/comp dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/test/comp/testfile bs=16k count=1 truncate --size 13 /mnt/test/comp/testfile In the above scenario, we can get a BUG_ON. kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:3589! Call Trace: do_write_page+0x78/0x390 [f2fs] f2fs_outplace_write_data+0x62/0xb0 [f2fs] f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x275/0x740 [f2fs] f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x1dc/0x8f0 [f2fs] f2fs_write_multi_pages+0x1e5/0xae0 [f2fs] f2fs_write_cache_pages+0xab1/0xc60 [f2fs] f2fs_write_data_pages+0x2d8/0x330 [f2fs] do_writepages+0xcf/0x270 __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x350 writeback_sb_inodes+0x242/0x530 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x54/0xf0 wb_writeback+0x192/0x310 wb_workfn+0x30d/0x400 The reason is we gave CURSEG_ALL_DATA_ATGC to COMPR_ADDR where the page was set the gcing flag by set_cluster_dirty().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.104, 6.6.45, 5.16, 6.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fd057160ab240dd816ae09b625395d54c297de1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4239571c5db46a42f723b8fa8394039187c34439
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd106612396656d6f1ca17ef192c6759bb60791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cb1f4080dd91c6e6b01dbea013a3f42341cb6a1

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