CVE-2024-42273

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The vulnerability is related to the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs when the CURSEG ALL DATA ATGC flag is assigned to COMPR ADDR where the page was set with the gcing flag by set cluster dirty(). This can lead to a BUG ON scenario, resulting in a kernel bug at fs/f2fs/segment.c:3589. The issue is triggered by a specific sequence of commands, including creating a directory, setting compression flags, and writing data to a file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.