Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: Remove the duplicate attr inode dirty marking action
Syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in [1]. If the attributes file is not loaded during system mount, a trigger occurs [1] when setxattr is executed in userspace.
Remove the first mark attr inode dirty operation.
[1] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] Call Trace: hfsplus_setxattr+0x124/0x340 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:555 hfsplus_trusted_setxattr+0x40/0x60 fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c:30 __vfs_setxattr+0x43c/0x480 fs/xattr.c:218 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x660 fs/xattr.c:252 vfs_setxattr+0x163/0x360 fs/xattr.c:339 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:654 [inline]
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= ee8422d00b7cfa028823ebf1f28bf9dea428cac3, < b3c7ccb1a93cbb5a9a13196abf608ffa2516817e; >= ee8422d00b7cfa028823ebf1f28bf9dea428cac3, < 7a41fd2b32e5908f19a68732008d581c167279dd |
| Linux | Linux | 7.1 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Aug 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Received