- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 88% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs Shutdown does not check the error of thaw_super due to readonly, which causes a deadlock like below. f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) issue_discard_thread - bdev_freeze - freeze_super - f2fs_stop_checkpoint() - f2fs_handle_critical_error - sb_start_write - set RO - waiting - bdev_thaw - thaw_super_locked - return -EINVAL, if sb_rdonly() - f2fs_stop_discard_thread -> wait for kthread_stop(discard_thread);
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 – < 1036d3ea7a32cb7cee00885c73a1f2ba7fbc499a
- affected 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 – < f47ed3b284b38f235355e281f57dfa8fffcc6563
- affected 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 – < 3bdb7f161697e2d5123b89fe1778ef17a44858e7
- affected 3.8
- unaffected < 3.8
- unaffected 6.6.36 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.9.7 – ≤ 6.9.*
- unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *
References
References3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1036d3ea7a32cb7cee00885c73a1f2ba7fbc499a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47ed3b284b38f235355e281f57dfa8fffcc6563 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bdb7f161697e2d5123b89fe1778ef17a44858e7 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-38766 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-40969)Record last updated .