hfsplus: Remove the duplicate attr inode dirty marking action
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-74414 |
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Linux |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-08-15 06:22:43 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-08-15 06:22:43 UTC |
| 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] |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected ee8422d00b7cfa028823ebf1f28bf9dea428cac3 b3c7ccb1a93cbb5a9a13196abf608ffa2516817e git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected ee8422d00b7cfa028823ebf1f28bf9dea428cac3 7a41fd2b32e5908f19a68732008d581c167279dd git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 7.1 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.1 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.1.5 7.1.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.2-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a41fd2b32e5908f19a68732008d581c167279dd |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c7ccb1a93cbb5a9a13196abf608ffa2516817e |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.