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
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-07 16:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-14 23:45 UTC (History)
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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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-07 19:07:28 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100709-CVE-2023-53683-249f@gregkh/T
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