SB2022042145 - Denial of service in Linux kernel f2fs
Published: April 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022042145
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44879)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the gc_data_segment() function in fs/f2fs/gc.c. A local user can mount a specially crafted f2fs image, trigger a NULL pointer dereference and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215231
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9056d6489f5a41cfbb67f719d2c0ce61ead72d9f
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20211206144421.3735-3-chao@kernel.org/T/