hfsplus: Add a sanity check for btree node size
Syzbot reported an uninit-value bug in [1] with a corrupted HFS+ image,
during the file system mounting process, specifically while loading the
catalog, a corrupted node_size value of 1 caused the rec_off argument
passed to hfs_bnode_read_u16() (within hfs_bnode_find()) to be excessively
large. Consequently, the function failed to return a valid value to
initialize the off variable, triggering the bug [1].
Every node starts from BTree node descriptor: struct hfs_bnode_desc.
So, the size of node cannot be lesser than that. However, technical
specification declares that: "The node size (which is expressed in bytes)
must be power of two, from 512 through 32,768, inclusive." Add a check
for btree node size base on technical specification.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584
hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584
hfsplus_btree_open+0x169a/0x1e40 fs/hfsplus/btree.c:382
hfsplus_fill_super+0x111f/0x2770 fs/hfsplus/super.c:553
get_tree_bdev_flags+0x6e6/0x920 fs/super.c:1694
get_tree_bdev+0x38/0x50 fs/super.c:1717
hfsplus_get_tree+0x35/0x40 fs/hfsplus/super.c:709
vfs_get_tree+0xb3/0x5d0 fs/super.c:1754
fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: Add a sanity check for btree node size Syzbot reported an uninit-value bug in [1] with a corrupted HFS+ image, during the file system mounting process, specifically while loading the catalog, a corrupted node_size value of 1 caused the rec_off argument passed to hfs_bnode_read_u16() (within hfs_bnode_find()) to be excessively large. Consequently, the function failed to return a valid value to initialize the off variable, triggering the bug [1]. Every node starts from BTree node descriptor: struct hfs_bnode_desc. So, the size of node cannot be lesser than that. However, technical specification declares that: "The node size (which is expressed in bytes) must be power of two, from 512 through 32,768, inclusive." Add a check for btree node size base on technical specification. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584 hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584 hfsplus_btree_open+0x169a/0x1e40 fs/hfsplus/btree.c:382 hfsplus_fill_super+0x111f/0x2770 fs/hfsplus/super.c:553 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x6e6/0x920 fs/super.c:1694 get_tree_bdev+0x38/0x50 fs/super.c:1717 hfsplus_get_tree+0x35/0x40 fs/hfsplus/super.c:709 vfs_get_tree+0xb3/0x5d0 fs/super.c:1754 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline] | |
| Title | hfsplus: Add a sanity check for btree node size | |
| First Time appeared |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-28T06:49:02.596Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.780Z
Link: CVE-2026-80656
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:50.700
Modified: 2026-08-28T08:16:50.700
Link: CVE-2026-80656
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Updated: 2026-08-28T12:00:10Z