2402301 – (CVE-2023-53683) CVE-2023-53683 kernel: fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()

Bug 2402301 (CVE-2023-53683) - CVE-2023-53683 kernel: fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()

Summary: CVE-2023-53683 kernel: fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,w...

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2023-53683
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	low
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-10-07 16:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 18:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-07 16:08:14 UTC

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.

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