f2fs: fix to avoid migrating empty section
It reports a bug from device w/ zufs:
F2FS-fs (dm-64): Inconsistent segment (173822) type [1, 0] in SSA and SIT
F2FS-fs (dm-64): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 4
Thread A Thread B
- f2fs_expand_inode_data
- f2fs_allocate_pinning_section
- f2fs_gc_range
- do_garbage_collect w/ segno #x
- writepage
- f2fs_allocate_data_block
- new_curseg
- allocate segno #x
The root cause is: fallocate on pinning file may race w/ block allocation
as above, result in do_garbage_collect() from fallocate() may migrate
segment which is just allocated by a log, the log will update segment type
in its in-memory structure, however GC will get segment type from on-disk
SSA block, once segment type changes by log, we can detect such
inconsistency, then shutdown filesystem.
In this case, on-disk SSA shows type of segno #173822 is 1 (SUM_TYPE_NODE),
however segno #173822 was just allocated as data type segment, so in-memory
SIT shows type of segno #173822 is 0 (SUM_TYPE_DATA).
Change as below to fix this issue:
- check whether current section is empty before gc
- add sanity checks on do_garbage_collect() to avoid any race case, result
in migrating segment used by log.
- btw, it fixes misc issue in printed logs: "SSA and SIT" -> "SIT and SSA".
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Debian DSA |
DSA-6238-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8029-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8030-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8029-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8048-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8029-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000
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Linux
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid migrating empty section It reports a bug from device w/ zufs: F2FS-fs (dm-64): Inconsistent segment (173822) type [1, 0] in SSA and SIT F2FS-fs (dm-64): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 4 Thread A Thread B - f2fs_expand_inode_data - f2fs_allocate_pinning_section - f2fs_gc_range - do_garbage_collect w/ segno #x - writepage - f2fs_allocate_data_block - new_curseg - allocate segno #x The root cause is: fallocate on pinning file may race w/ block allocation as above, result in do_garbage_collect() from fallocate() may migrate segment which is just allocated by a log, the log will update segment type in its in-memory structure, however GC will get segment type from on-disk SSA block, once segment type changes by log, we can detect such inconsistency, then shutdown filesystem. In this case, on-disk SSA shows type of segno #173822 is 1 (SUM_TYPE_NODE), however segno #173822 was just allocated as data type segment, so in-memory SIT shows type of segno #173822 is 0 (SUM_TYPE_DATA). Change as below to fix this issue: - check whether current section is empty before gc - add sanity checks on do_garbage_collect() to avoid any race case, result in migrating segment used by log. - btw, it fixes misc issue in printed logs: "SSA and SIT" -> "SIT and SSA". | |
| Title | f2fs: fix to avoid migrating empty section | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:43:42.259Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.175Z
Link: CVE-2025-40150
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-11-12T11:15:44.923
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-40150
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-11-12T22:12:32Z
No weakness.
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN