CVE-2023-53683 PUBLISHED

fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 07.10.2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()

syzbot is hitting WARN_ON() in hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode(), for crafted filesystem image can contain bogus length. There conditions are not kernel bugs that can justify kernel to panic.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 61af77acd039ffd221bf7adf0dc95d0a4d377505 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to c074913b12db3632b11588b31bbfb0fa80a0a1c9 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to a75d9211a07fed513c08c5d4861c4a36ac6a74fe (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to c8daee66585897a4c90d937c91e762100237bff9 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 37cab61a52d6f42b2d961c51bcf369f09e235fb5 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 48960a503fcec76d3f72347b7e679dda08ca43be (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 3a9d68d84b2e41ba3f2a727b36f035fad6800492 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 81b21c0f0138ff5a499eafc3eb0578ad2a99622c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 4.14.316 to 4.14.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 4.19.284 to 4.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.4.244 to 5.4.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.181 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.113 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.30 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.3.4 to 6.3.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.4 to * (incl.)

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