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---
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.233-223.887Upgrade python-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel | 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-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-4.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-135-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-278-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-4.15Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1142-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-4.15Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade 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linux-image-6.8.0-1024-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-135-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1151-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oem | 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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