CVE-2026-97534

f2fs: accurately adjust free_sections during free_segment_range

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 24, 2026

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Description

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

f2fs: accurately adjust free_sections during free_segment_range

In free_segment_range(), MAIN_SECS(sbi) is temporarily reduced by `secs` to restrict block allocation to the safe remaining main area while valid blocks in the truncated range are evacuated by GC.

However, FREE_I(sbi)->free_sections tracks the total number of free sections across the whole filesystem. If any sections within the truncated range were already free upon entering free_segment_range(), failing to deduct them from free_sections causes the filesystem to overestimate available free sections in the active, reduced main area. This leads to inconsistent free section accounting during GC data migration and can trigger unexpected allocation failures or assertion errors when space is tight.

Fix this by calculating the number of already-free sections in the truncated range, deducting them from free_sections upon entering free_segment_range(), and restoring them on exit.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before 9e7a744c9db8c2d33ed6ac2ff9bca9323a38b038Affected
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before 64a7ed42e9766886dd7300597d90366dfb7a1e53Affected
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before faeb0a20bdd113311519b598dcc075af3b6fb366Affected
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before ca31116fad0954c61a0d38163cc51c48e4981b75Affected
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before 8a123a10770d2132d046748f20f02baa8d5539a1Affected
  • b4b10061ef98c583bcf82a4200703fbaa98c18dc to before 8c963d1738fdca400082ff5f9d99e083de4f4e70Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.8Affected
  • before 5.8Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.7 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

References

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