CVE-2026-31715

Published: May 6, 2026Last modified: May 10, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix UAF caused by decrementing sbi->nr_pages[] in f2fs_write_end_io() The xfstests case "generic/107" and syzbot have both reported a NULL pointer dereference. The concurrent scenario that triggers the panic is as follows: F2FS_WB_CP_DATA write callback umount - f2fs_write_checkpoint - f2fs_wait_on_all_pages(sbi, F2FS_WB_CP_DATA) - blk_mq_end_request - bio_endio - f2fs_write_end_io : dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_WB_CP_DATA) : wake_up(&sbi->cp_wait) - kill_f2fs_super - kill_block_super - f2fs_put_super : iput(sbi->node_inode) : sbi->node_inode = NULL : f2fs_in_warm_node_list - is_node_folio // sbi->node_inode is NULL and panic The root cause is that f2fs_put_super() calls iput(sbi->node_inode) and sets sbi->node_inode to NULL after sbi->nr_pages[F2FS_WB_CP_DATA] is decremented to zero. As a result, f2fs_in_warm_node_list() may dereference a NULL node_inode when checking whether a folio belongs to the node inode, leading to a panic. This patch fixes the issue by calling f2fs_in_warm_node_list() before decrementing sbi->nr_pages[F2FS_WB_CP_DATA], thus preventing the use-after-free condition.

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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1171f329cf1c175321251ac40fd126150d7ad1e8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/188bb65f247a7a7c62f287c9a263aee3cad96fa5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d9c4a4ed4eef1f82c5b16b037aee8bad819fd53
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7be222de96c0f9eee6e65eeb017ef855ee185cfa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963d2e24d9d92a31e6773b0f642214f10013ebf7