CVE-2026-80656
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: Add a sanity check for btree node size
Syzbot reported an uninit-value bug in [1] with a corrupted HFS+ image, during the file system mounting process, specifically while loading the catalog, a corrupted node_size value of 1 caused the rec_off argument passed to hfs_bnode_read_u16() (within hfs_bnode_find()) to be excessively large. Consequently, the function failed to return a valid value to initialize the off variable, triggering the bug [1].
Every node starts from BTree node descriptor: struct hfs_bnode_desc. So, the size of node cannot be lesser than that.
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However, technical specification declares that: "The node size (which is expressed in bytes) must be power of two, from 512 through 32,768, inclusive." Add a check for btree node size base on technical specification.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
[1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584 hfsplus_bnode_find+0x141c/0x1600 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:584 hfsplus_btree_open+0x169a/0x1e40 fs/hfsplus/btree.c:382 hfsplus_fill_super+0x111f/0x2770 fs/hfsplus/super.c:553 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x6e6/0x920 fs/super.c:1694 get_tree_bdev+0x38/0x50 fs/super.c:1717 hfsplus_get_tree+0x35/0x40 fs/hfsplus/super.c:709 vfs_get_tree+0xb3/0x5d0 fs/super.c:1754 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.17%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact75 % - Impacto secundario
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection60 %
Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L, PR:L) en kernel Linux sin interacción: escalada de privilegios por corrupción de imagen HFS+. Causa DoS (crash) e acceso a memoria no inicializada durante montaje del sistema de ficheros.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
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