CVE-2025-68774

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create When sync() and link() are called concurrently, both threads may enter hfs_bnode_find() without finding the node in the hash table and proceed to create it. Thread A: hfsplus_write_inode() -> hfsplus_write_system_inode() -> hfs_btree_write() -> hfs_bnode_find(tree, 0) -> __hfs_bnode_create(tree, 0) Thread B: hfsplus_create_cat() -> hfs_brec_insert() -> hfs_bnode_split() -> hfs_bmap_alloc() -> hfs_bnode_find(tree, 0) -> __hfs_bnode_create(tree, 0) In this case, thread A creates the bnode, sets refcnt=1, and hashes it. Thread B also tries to create the same bnode, notices it has already been inserted, drops its own instance, and uses the hashed one without getting the node. ``` node2 = hfs_bnode_findhash(tree, cnid); if (!node2) { <- Thread A hash = hfs_bnode_hash(cnid); node->next_hash = tree->node_hash[hash]; tree->node_hash[hash] = node; tree->node_hash_cnt++; } else { <- Thread B spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock); kfree(node); wait_event(node2->lock_wq, !test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node2->flags)); return node2; } ``` However, hfs_bnode_find() requires each call to take a reference. Here both threads end up setting refcnt=1. When they later put the node, this triggers: BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&node->refcnt)) In this scenario, Thread B in fact finds the node in the hash table rather than creating a new one, and thus must take a reference. Fix this by calling hfs_bnode_get() when reusing a bnode newly created by another thread to ensure the refcount is updated correctly. A similar bug was fixed in HFS long ago in commit a9dc087fd3c4 ("fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create") but the same issue remained in HFS+ until now.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-24 | Published 2026-01-13 | Updated 2026-02-09 | Assigner Linux

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git.kernel.org/...c/3b0fc7af50b896d0f3d104e70787ba1973bc0b56

git.kernel.org/...c/39e149d58ef4d7883cbf87448d39d51292fd342d

git.kernel.org/...c/b68dc4134b18a3922cd33439ec614aad4172bc86

git.kernel.org/...c/b9d1c6bb5f19460074ce9862cb80be86b5fb0a50

git.kernel.org/...c/457f795e7abd7770de10216d7f9994a3f12a56d6

git.kernel.org/...c/5882e7c8cdbb5e254a69628b780acff89c78071e

git.kernel.org/...c/152af114287851583cf7e0abc10129941f19466a

cve.org (CVE-2025-68774)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-68774)

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