CVE-2026-46169
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 3003dbf62d151d47a6b90f71655292a51a05f244 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 8be69532e399eec9d9d990f6958b4ff2383b19b3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 3bc337697c66db2e2a4a94f0509c282c1a014b86 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 61a790974ff7e533acbceca06c7d02f22bf96d4d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | c91bbd6193c70a02c50c22e0fb1f60c3c5bd053a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | a420904450962a562ad053a41a53a27755021b48 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 93e8d613f1a01b6637f387cc93f184cf7fb881d6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | b6b592275aeff184aa82fcf6abccd833fb71b393 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.259 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.210 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.176 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.140 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.88 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.30 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.7 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |