# CVE-2025-38333: f2fs: fix to bail out in get\_new\_segment()

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to bail out in get_new_segment() ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 579 at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2832 new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc pc : new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc Call trace: new_curseg+0x5e8/0x6dc f2fs_allocate_data_block+0xa54/0xe28 do_write_page+0x6c/0x194 f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x38/0x78 __write_node_page+0x248/0x6d4 f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x524/0x72c f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x4bc/0x9b0 __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x80/0x244 issue_checkpoint_thread+0x8c/0xec kthread+0x114/0x1bc ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 get_new_segment() detects inconsistent status in between free_segmap and free_secmap, let's record such error into super block, and bail out get_new_segment() instead of continue using the segment.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0023d7a2a86999c8e1300e911d92f995a5310a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca860f507a61c7c3d4dde47b830a5c0d555cf83c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb5eb8a5b222fa5092f60d5555867a05ebc3bdf2

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