Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-80656hfsplus: Add a sanity check for btree node size

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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. 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. [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]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.1.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80656

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 8ad2c6a36ac4328072377906a47ea0bff11e4032 – before 306265eb9384d2c224f1b14d83a29323f0eab6d18ad2c6a36ac4328072377906a47ea0bff11e4032 – before 3f95e2661574ff13f099dd13456751933c280628
Linux Linux 7.1

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