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CVE-2024-43859: f2fs: fix to truncate preallocated blocks in f2fs_file_open()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 298b1e4182d657c3e388adcc29477904e9600ed5, 3ba0ae885215b325605ff7ebf6de12ac2adf204d, 5f04969136db674f133781626e0b692c5f2bf2f0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 298b1e4182d657c3e388adcc29477904e9600ed5, 3ba0ae885215b325605ff7ebf6de12ac2adf204d, 5f04969136db674f133781626e0b692c5f2bf2f0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to truncate preallocated blocks in f2fs_file_open() chenyuwen reports a f2fs bug as below: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000011 fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx+0x78/0x1e8 f2fs_grab_read_bio+0x78/0x208 f2fs_submit_page_read+0x44/0x154 f2fs_get_read_data_page+0x288/0x5f4 f2fs_get_lock_data_page+0x60/0x190 truncate_partial_data_page+0x108/0x4fc f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x344/0x5f0 f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x6c/0x134 f2fs_truncate+0xd8/0x200 f2fs_iget+0x20c/0x5ac do_garbage_collect+0x5d0/0xf6c f2fs_gc+0x22c/0x6a4 f2fs_disable_checkpoint+0xc8/0x310 f2fs_fill_super+0x14bc/0x1764 mount_bdev+0x1b4/0x21c f2fs_mount+0x20/0x30 legacy_get_tree+0x50/0xbc vfs_get_tree+0x5c/0x1b0 do_new_mount+0x298/0x4cc path_mount+0x33c/0x5fc __arm64_sys_mount+0xcc/0x15c invoke_syscall+0x60/0x150 el0_svc_common+0xb8/0xf8 do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0 el0_svc+0x24/0x84 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xec It is because inode.i_crypt_info is not initialized during below path: - mount - f2fs_fill_super - f2fs_disable_checkpoint - f2fs_gc - f2fs_iget - f2fs_truncate So, let's relocate truncation of preallocated blocks to f2fs_file_open(), after fscrypt_file_open().

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 17, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 6.6.44
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.10.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.17affected
    • d4dd19ec1ea0cf6532d65709325c42b1398614a8 and later · before 5f04969136db674f133781626e0b692c5f2bf2f0affected · git
    • d4dd19ec1ea0cf6532d65709325c42b1398614a8 and later · before f44a25a8bfe0c15d33244539696cd9119cf44d18affected · git
    • d4dd19ec1ea0cf6532d65709325c42b1398614a8 and later · before 3ba0ae885215b325605ff7ebf6de12ac2adf204daffected · git
    • d4dd19ec1ea0cf6532d65709325c42b1398614a8 and later · before 298b1e4182d657c3e388adcc29477904e9600ed5affected · git
    • before 5.17not affected · semver
    • 6.1.109 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.44 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.10.3 and later · up to and including 6.10.*not affected · semver
    • 6.11 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.112-16.1.112-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.10.3-16.10.3-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-43855Aug 17, 2024 · md: fix deadlock between mddev_suspend and flush bio
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-43857Aug 17, 2024 · f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-43860Aug 17, 2024 · remoteproc: imx_rproc: Skip over memory region when node value is NULL
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux298b1e4182d657c3e388adcc29477904e9600ed5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3ba0ae885215b325605ff7ebf6de12ac2adf204dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5f04969136db674f133781626e0b692c5f2bf2f0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf44a25a8bfe0c15d33244539696cd9119cf44d18Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.112-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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