๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2022-49742

MEDIUM 5.5

f2fs: initialize locks earlier in f2fs_fill_super()

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: initialize locks earlier in f2fs_fill_super() syzbot is reporting lockdep warning at f2fs_handle_error() [1], for spin_lock(&sbi->error_lock) is called before spin_lock_init() is called. For safe locking in error handling, move initialization of locks (and obvious structures) in f2fs_fill_super() to immediately after memory allocation.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Mar 27, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 < ddeff03bb33810fcf2f0c18e03d099cf0aacda62 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 < 92b4cf5b48955a4bdd15fe4e2067db8ebd87f04c
Linux / Linux
3.8

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddeff03bb33810fcf2f0c18e03d099cf0aacda62 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b4cf5b48955a4bdd15fe4e2067db8ebd87f04c