CVE-2026-46169
EUVD-2026-3279628.05.2026, 10:16
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.Enginsight
Affected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
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| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12.1 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.6.140 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.7 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.12.88 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.13 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.18.30 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.19 ≤ 𝑥 < 7.0.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12:rc2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12:rc3 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12:rc4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12:rc5 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
openSUSE / SLES Releases
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| cluster-md-kmp-default |
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| dlm-kmp-default |
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| gfs2-kmp-default |
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| kernel-default |
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| kernel-default-base |
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| kernel-default-man |
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| kernel-source |
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| ocfs2-kmp-default |
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Common Weakness Enumeration
Vulnerability Media Exposure
References