CVE-2023-53301 – f2fs: fix kernel crash due to null io->bio

CVE ID : CVE-2023-53301

Published : Sept. 16, 2025, 8:11 a.m. | 44 minutes ago

Description : In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix kernel crash due to null io->bio

We should return when io->bio is null before doing anything. Otherwise, panic.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
RIP: 0010:__submit_merged_write_cond+0x164/0x240 [f2fs] Call Trace:

f2fs_submit_merged_write+0x1d/0x30 [f2fs] commit_checkpoint+0x110/0x1e0 [f2fs] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x9f7/0xf00 [f2fs] ? __pfx_issue_checkpoint_thread+0x10/0x10 [f2fs] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x84/0x190 [f2fs] ? preempt_count_add+0x82/0xc0
? __pfx_issue_checkpoint_thread+0x10/0x10 [f2fs] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x4c/0xf0 [f2fs] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xff/0x130
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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