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FKIE_CVE-2026-74414

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:19
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Summary
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]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a41fd2b32e5908f19a68732008d581c167279dd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c7ccb1a93cbb5a9a13196abf608ffa2516817e
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfsplus: Remove the duplicate attr inode dirty marking action\n\nSyzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in [1].\nIf the attributes file is not loaded during system mount, a trigger\noccurs [1] when setxattr is executed in userspace.\n\nRemove the first mark attr inode dirty operation.\n\n[1]\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]\nCall Trace:\n hfsplus_setxattr+0x124/0x340 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:555\n hfsplus_trusted_setxattr+0x40/0x60 fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c:30\n __vfs_setxattr+0x43c/0x480 fs/xattr.c:218\n __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x660 fs/xattr.c:252\n vfs_setxattr+0x163/0x360 fs/xattr.c:339\n do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:654 [inline]"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-74414",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:36.900",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:43.507",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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