hfs/hfsplus: zero-initialize buffer in hfs_bnode_read (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-64360
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs/hfsplus: zero-initialize buffer in hfs_bnode_read hfs_bnode_read() can return early without writing to the output buffer when is_bnode_offset_valid() fails or when check_and_correct_requested_ length() corrects the length to zero. Callers such as hfs_bnode_read_ u16() and hfs_bnode_read_u8() pass stack-allocated buffers and use the result unconditionally, leading to KMSAN uninit-value reports. Rather than initializing at each individual call site, zero the buffer at the start of hfs_bnode_read() before any validation checks. This ensures all callers in both hfs and hfsplus get a deterministic zero value regardless of which early-return path is taken.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 67ecc81f6492275c9c54280532f558483c99c90e < 34684a04777358b2b40ac729e54c8e45359e46b3 ; affected a1a60e79502279f996e55052f50cc14919020475 < 0b189b2204f1a2612dc68f8d139fb5b80539e710 ; affected fe2891a9c43ab87d1a210d61e6438ca6936e2f62 < 8f72fd25a57a457866350359ddd27a43caa62c95 ; affected 384a66b89f9540a9a8cb0f48807697dfabaece4c < 16ca053c2be5f4f3044dccf7fc19237dc820d394 ; affected efc095b35b23297e419c2ab4fc1ed1a8f0781a29 < d2afc7ecee476f9251dd87444f7fb6a424410922 ; affected a431930c9bac518bf99d6b1da526a7f37ddee8d8 < f3461b84a4865d9b5e70fbb71da72ae044a3bcd2
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.17 ; unaffected 0 < 6.17 ; unaffected 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 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