f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs Shutdown does not check the error of thaw_super due to readonly, which causes a deadlock like below. f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) issue_discard_thread - bdev_freeze - freeze_super - f2fs_stop_checkpoint() - f2fs_handle_critical_error - sb_start_write - set RO - waiting - bdev_thaw - thaw_super_locked - return -EINVAL, if sb_rdonly() - f2fs_stop_discard_thread -> wait for kthread_stop(discard_thread);
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.6.36, 6.9.7
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-40969
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 12 Jul 2024, 12:32 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs Shutdown does not check the error of thaw_super due to readonly, which causes a deadlock like below. f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) issue_discard_thread - bdev_freeze - freeze_super - f2fs_stop_checkpoint() - f2fs_handle_critical_error - sb_start_write - set RO - waiting - bdev_thaw - thaw_super_locked - return -EINVAL, if sb_rdonly() - f2fs_stop_discard_thread -> wait for kthread_stop(discard_thread);
osv:CVE-2024-40969
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.36, 6.9.7
Complete source record
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