{"cve":"CVE-2024-43859","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T10:15:10.817","modified":"2026-06-17T07:51:51.300","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix to truncate preallocated blocks in f2fs_file_open()\n\nchenyuwen reports a f2fs bug as below:\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000011\n fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx+0x78/0x1e8\n f2fs_grab_read_bio+0x78/0x208\n f2fs_submit_page_read+0x44/0x154\n f2fs_get_read_data_page+0x288/0x5f4\n f2fs_get_lock_data_page+0x60/0x190\n truncate_partial_data_page+0x108/0x4fc\n f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x344/0x5f0\n f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x6c/0x134\n f2fs_truncate+0xd8/0x200\n f2fs_iget+0x20c/0x5ac\n do_garbage_collect+0x5d0/0xf6c\n f2fs_gc+0x22c/0x6a4\n f2fs_disable_checkpoint+0xc8/0x310\n f2fs_fill_super+0x14bc/0x1764\n mount_bdev+0x1b4/0x21c\n f2fs_mount+0x20/0x30\n legacy_get_tree+0x50/0xbc\n vfs_get_tree+0x5c/0x1b0\n do_new_mount+0x298/0x4cc\n path_mount+0x33c/0x5fc\n __arm64_sys_mount+0xcc/0x15c\n invoke_syscall+0x60/0x150\n el0_svc_common+0xb8/0xf8\n do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0\n el0_svc+0x24/0x84\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xec\n\nIt is because inode.i_crypt_info is not initialized during below path:\n- mount\n - f2fs_fill_super\n  - f2fs_disable_checkpoint\n   - f2fs_gc\n    - f2fs_iget\n     - f2fs_truncate\n\nSo, let's relocate truncation of preallocated blocks to f2fs_file_open(),\nafter fscrypt_file_open().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298b1e4182d657c3e388adcc29477904e9600ed5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba0ae885215b325605ff7ebf6de12ac2adf204d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f04969136db674f133781626e0b692c5f2bf2f0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f44a25a8bfe0c15d33244539696cd9119cf44d18","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-43859","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14817,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}