hfsplus: Remove the duplicate attr inode dirty marking action

Summary

CVECVE-2026-74414
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-15 06:22:43 UTC
Updated2026-08-15 06:22:43 UTC
DescriptionIn 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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
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

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a41fd2b32e5908f19a68732008d581c167279dd 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c7ccb1a93cbb5a9a13196abf608ffa2516817e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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