In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: don't query the device logical block size multiple times
Devices block sizes may change. One of these cases is a loop device by using ioctl LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE.
While this may cause other issues like IO being rejected, in the case of hfsplus, it will allocate a block by using that size and potentially write out-of-bounds when hfsplus_read_wrapper calls hfsplus_submit_bio and the latter function reads a different io_size.
Using a new min_io_size initally set to sb_min_blocksize works for the purposes of the original fix, since it will be set to the max between HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE and the first seen logical block size. We still use the max between HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE and min_io_size in case the latter is not initialized.
Tested by mounting an hfsplus filesystem with loop block sizes 512, 1024 and 4096.
The produced KASAN report before the fix looks like this:
[ 419.944641] ================================================================== [ 419.945655] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x659/0xa0a [ 419.946703] Read of size 2 at addr ffff88800721fc00 by task repro/10678 [ 419.947612] [ 419.947846] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10678 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-00008-gdf56e0f2f3ca #84 [ 419.949007] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 419.950035] Call Trace: [ 419.950384] <TASK> [ 419.950676] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x78 [ 419.951212] ? hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x659/0xa0a [ 419.951830] print_report+0x14c/0x49e [ 419.952361] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x267/0x278 [ 419.952979] ? kmem_cache_debug_flags+0xc/0x1d [ 419.953561] ? hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x659/0xa0a [ 419.954231] kasan_report+0x89/0xb0 [ 419.954748] ? hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x659/0xa0a [ 419.955367] hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x659/0xa0a [ 419.955948] ? __pfx_hfsplus_read_wrapper+0x10/0x10 [ 419.956618] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x59/0x1a9 [ 419.957214] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1a/0x2e [ 419.957772] hfsplus_fill_super+0x348/0x1590 [ 419.958355] ? hlock_class+0x4c/0x109 [ 419.958867] ? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10 [ 419.959499] ? __pfx_string+0x10/0x10 [ 419.960006] ? lock_acquire+0x3e2/0x454 [ 419.960532] ? bdev_name.constprop.0+0xce/0x243 [ 419.961129] ? __pfx_bdev_name.constprop.0+0x10/0x10 [ 419.961799] ? pointer+0x3f0/0x62f [ 419.962277] ? __pfx_pointer+0x10/0x10 [ 419.962761] ? vsnprintf+0x6c4/0xfba [ 419.963178] ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10 [ 419.963621] ? setup_bdev_super+0x376/0x3b3 [ 419.964029] ? snprintf+0x9d/0xd2 [ 419.964344] ? __pfx_snprintf+0x10/0x10 [ 419.964675] ? lock_acquired+0x45c/0x5e9 [ 419.965016] ? set_blocksize+0x139/0x1c1 [ 419.965381] ? sb_set_blocksize+0x6d/0xae [ 419.965742] ? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10 [ 419.966179] mount_bdev+0x12f/0x1bf [ 419.966512] ? __pfx_mount_bdev+0x10/0x10 [ 419.966886] ? vfs_parse_fs_string+0xce/0x111 [ 419.967293] ? __pfx_vfs_parse_fs_string+0x10/0x10 [ 419.967702] ? __pfx_hfsplus_mount+0x10/0x10 [ 419.968073] legacy_get_tree+0x104/0x178 [ 419.968414] vfs_get_tree+0x86/0x296 [ 419.968751] path_mount+0xba3/0xd0b [ 419.969157] ? __pfx_path_mount+0x10/0x10 [ 419.969594] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1e2/0x260 [ 419.970311] do_mount+0x99/0xe0 [ 419.970630] ? __pfx_do_mount+0x10/0x10 [ 419.971008] __do_sys_mount+0x199/0x1c9 [ 419.971397] do_syscall_64+0xd0/0x135 [ 419.971761] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 419.972233] RIP: 0033:0x7c3cb812972e [ 419.972564] Code: 48 8b 0d f5 46 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d c2 46 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [ 419.974371] RSP: 002b:00007ffe30632548 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 [ 419.975048] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffe306328d8 RCX: 00007c3cb812972e [ 419.975701] RDX: 0000000020000000 RSI: 0000000020000c80 RDI: ---truncated---
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.233-223.887Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perfUpgrade bpftool | Mar 14, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Jan 13, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025223 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | May 27, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Feb 11, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-211-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1033-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-4.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1060-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1062-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1076-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-247-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1088-ibmUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-211-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1020-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1080-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1077-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1147-azureUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1190-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1101-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-135-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-intelUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1075-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1044-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2106-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1077-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1073-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-4.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade 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linux-image-5.15.0-135-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1197-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2127-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-135-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1005-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1171-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1074-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1116-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1152-awsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-278-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1090-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1142-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-135-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-cvmUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-oracle-4.15Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1072-ibmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1153-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1144-fipsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1122-fipsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-4.15Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1021-nvidia-tegra-igx | Feb 20, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
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