hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-46169
MEDIUM 5.5

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · centile 3 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size Syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfsplus_strcasecmp(). The root cause is that hfs_brec_read() doesn't validate that the on-disk record size matches the expected size for the record type being read. When mounting a corrupted filesystem, hfs_brec_read() may read less data than expected. For example, when reading a catalog thread record, the debug output showed: HFSPLUS_BREC_READ: rec_len=520, fd->entrylength=26 HFSPLUS_BREC_READ: WARNING - entrylength (26) < rec_len (520) - PARTIAL READ! hfs_brec_read() only validates that entrylength is not greater than the buffer size, but doesn't check if it's less than expected. It successfully reads 26 bytes into a 520-byte structure and returns success, leaving 494 bytes uninitialized. This uninitialized data in tmp.thread.nodeName then gets copied by hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni() and used by hfsplus_strcasecmp(), triggering the KMSAN warning when the uninitialized bytes are used as array indices in case_fold(). Fix by introducing hfsplus_brec_read_cat() wrapper that: 1. Calls hfs_brec_read() to read the data 2. Validates the record size based on the type field: - Fixed size for folder and file records - Variable size for thread records (depends on string length) 3. Returns -EIO if size doesn't match expected For thread records, check against HFSPLUS_MIN_THREAD_SZ before reading nodeName.length to avoid reading uninitialized data at call sites that don't zero-initialize the entry structure. Also initialize the tmp variable in hfsplus_find_cat() as defensive programming to ensure no uninitialized data even if validation is bypassed.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-908 — Utilisation d'une ressource non initialisée

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3003dbf62d151d47a6b90f71655292a51a05f244 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8be69532e399eec9d9d990f6958b4ff2383b19b3 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3bc337697c66db2e2a4a94f0509c282c1a014b86 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 61a790974ff7e533acbceca06c7d02f22bf96d4d ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c91bbd6193c70a02c50c22e0fb1f60c3c5bd053a ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a420904450962a562ad053a41a53a27755021b48
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.12 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.12 ; unaffected 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.140 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD