CVE-2026-46299 - Vulnerability Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hfsplus: fix held lock freed on hfsplus_fill_super()

hfsplus_fill_super() calls hfs_find_init() to initialize a search
structure, which acquires tree->tree_lock. If the subsequent call to
hfsplus_cat_build_key() fails, the function jumps to the out_put_root
error label without releasing the lock. The later cleanup path then
frees the tree data structure with the lock still held, triggering a
held lock freed warning.

Fix this by adding the missing hfs_find_exit(&fd) call before jumping
to the out_put_root error label. This ensures that tree->tree_lock is
properly released on the error path.

The bug was originally detected on v6.13-rc1 using an experimental
static analysis tool we are developing, and we have verified that the
issue persists in the latest mainline kernel. The tool is specifically
designed to detect memory management issues. It is currently under active
development and not yet publicly available.

We confirmed the bug by runtime testing under QEMU with x86_64 defconfig,
lockdep enabled, and CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS=y. To trigger the error path, we
used GDB to dynamically shrink the max_unistr_len parameter to 1 before
hfsplus_asc2uni() is called. This forces hfsplus_asc2uni() to naturally
return -ENAMETOOLONG, which propagates to hfsplus_cat_build_key() and
exercises the faulty error path. The following warning was observed
during mount:

=========================
WARNING: held lock freed!
7.0.0-rc3-00016-gb4f0dd314b39 #4 Not tainted
-------------------------
mount/174 is freeing memory ffff888103f92000-ffff888103f92fff, with a lock still held there!
ffff888103f920b0 (&tree->tree_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x154/0x1e0
2 locks held by mount/174:
#0: ffff888103f960e0 (&type->s_umount_key#42/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: alloc_super.constprop.0+0x167/0xa40
#1: ffff888103f920b0 (&tree->tree_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x154/0x1e0

stack backtrace:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 174 Comm: mount Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3-00016-gb4f0dd314b39 #4 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0
debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x13a/0x180
kfree+0x16b/0x510
? hfsplus_fill_super+0xcb4/0x18a0
hfsplus_fill_super+0xcb4/0x18a0
? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? bdev_open+0x65f/0xc30
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? pointer+0x4ce/0xbf0
? trace_contention_end+0x11c/0x150
? __pfx_pointer+0x10/0x10
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? bdev_open+0x79b/0xc30
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? vsnprintf+0x6da/0x1270
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x157/0x740
? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x80
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? irqentry_exit+0x17b/0x5e0
? trace_irq_disable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150
? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10
get_tree_bdev_flags+0x302/0x580
? __pfx_get_tree_bdev_flags+0x10/0x10
? vfs_parse_fs_qstr+0x129/0x1a0
? __pfx_vfs_parse_fs_qstr+0x3/0x10
vfs_get_tree+0x89/0x320
fc_mount+0x10/0x1d0
path_mount+0x5c5/0x21c0
? __pfx_path_mount+0x10/0x10
? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150
? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? kmem_cache_free+0x307/0x540
? user_path_at+0x51/0x60
? __x64_sys_mount+0x212/0x280
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
__x64_sys_mount+0x212/0x280
? __pfx___x64_sys_mount+0x10/0x10
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
do_syscall_64+0x111/0x680
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ffacad55eae
Code: 48 8b 0d 85 1f 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 8
RSP: 002b
---truncated---

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Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`89ac9b4d3d1a049ae1054f99b1aed81092cd0a82`	affected	< 3ca80e3012c8be85b4f8d0d20eac8d3b17ff257e
`89ac9b4d3d1a049ae1054f99b1aed81092cd0a82`	affected	< 041acda6d9f96006703466449c10c9a69590c8b9
`89ac9b4d3d1a049ae1054f99b1aed81092cd0a82`	affected	< d309d3308de658d87c42d97e044c89a226327526
`89ac9b4d3d1a049ae1054f99b1aed81092cd0a82`	affected	< bfbcce6a7b0552a390620d9b2c4d2bcb1825cbdc
`89ac9b4d3d1a049ae1054f99b1aed81092cd0a82`	affected	< 90c500e4fd83fa33c09bc7ee23b6d9cc487ac733

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.19`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 3.19
`6.6.140`	unaffected	≤ 6.6.*
`6.12.88`	unaffected	≤ 6.12.*
`6.18.30`	unaffected	≤ 6.18.*
`7.0.7`	unaffected	≤ 7.0.*
`7.1-rc1`	unaffected	≤ *

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041acda6d9f96006703466449c10c9a69590c8b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca80e3012c8be85b4f8d0d20eac8d3b17ff257e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c500e4fd83fa33c09bc7ee23b6d9cc487ac733
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfbcce6a7b0552a390620d9b2c4d2bcb1825cbdc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d309d3308de658d87c42d97e044c89a226327526

History

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix held lock freed on hfsplus_fill_super() hfsplus_fill_super() calls hfs_find_init() to initialize a search structure, which acquires tree->tree_lock. If the subsequent call to hfsplus_cat_build_key() fails, the function jumps to the out_put_root error label without releasing the lock. The later cleanup path then frees the tree data structure with the lock still held, triggering a held lock freed warning. Fix this by adding the missing hfs_find_exit(&fd) call before jumping to the out_put_root error label. This ensures that tree->tree_lock is properly released on the error path. The bug was originally detected on v6.13-rc1 using an experimental static analysis tool we are developing, and we have verified that the issue persists in the latest mainline kernel. The tool is specifically designed to detect memory management issues. It is currently under active development and not yet publicly available. We confirmed the bug by runtime testing under QEMU with x86_64 defconfig, lockdep enabled, and CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS=y. To trigger the error path, we used GDB to dynamically shrink the max_unistr_len parameter to 1 before hfsplus_asc2uni() is called. This forces hfsplus_asc2uni() to naturally return -ENAMETOOLONG, which propagates to hfsplus_cat_build_key() and exercises the faulty error path. The following warning was observed during mount: ========================= WARNING: held lock freed! 7.0.0-rc3-00016-gb4f0dd314b39 #4 Not tainted ------------------------- mount/174 is freeing memory ffff888103f92000-ffff888103f92fff, with a lock still held there! ffff888103f920b0 (&tree->tree_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x154/0x1e0 2 locks held by mount/174: #0: ffff888103f960e0 (&type->s_umount_key#42/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: alloc_super.constprop.0+0x167/0xa40 #1: ffff888103f920b0 (&tree->tree_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x154/0x1e0 stack backtrace: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 174 Comm: mount Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3-00016-gb4f0dd314b39 #4 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0 debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x13a/0x180 kfree+0x16b/0x510 ? hfsplus_fill_super+0xcb4/0x18a0 hfsplus_fill_super+0xcb4/0x18a0 ? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? bdev_open+0x65f/0xc30 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? pointer+0x4ce/0xbf0 ? trace_contention_end+0x11c/0x150 ? __pfx_pointer+0x10/0x10 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? bdev_open+0x79b/0xc30 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? vsnprintf+0x6da/0x1270 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x157/0x740 ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x80 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? irqentry_exit+0x17b/0x5e0 ? trace_irq_disable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150 ? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_hfsplus_fill_super+0x10/0x10 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x302/0x580 ? __pfx_get_tree_bdev_flags+0x10/0x10 ? vfs_parse_fs_qstr+0x129/0x1a0 ? __pfx_vfs_parse_fs_qstr+0x3/0x10 vfs_get_tree+0x89/0x320 fc_mount+0x10/0x1d0 path_mount+0x5c5/0x21c0 ? __pfx_path_mount+0x10/0x10 ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150 ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? kmem_cache_free+0x307/0x540 ? user_path_at+0x51/0x60 ? __x64_sys_mount+0x212/0x280 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f __x64_sys_mount+0x212/0x280 ? __pfx___x64_sys_mount+0x10/0x10 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0x116/0x150 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f do_syscall_64+0x111/0x680 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7ffacad55eae Code: 48 8b 0d 85 1f 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 8 RSP: 002b ---truncated---
Title		hfsplus: fix held lock freed on hfsplus_fill_super()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041acda6d9f96006703466449c10c9a69590c8b9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca80e3012c8be85b4f8d0d20eac8d3b17ff257e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c500e4fd83fa33c09bc7ee23b6d9cc487ac733 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfbcce6a7b0552a390620d9b2c4d2bcb1825cbdc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d309d3308de658d87c42d97e044c89a226327526

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-06-08T15:46:26.670Z

Updated: 2026-06-08T15:46:26.670Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.111Z

Link: CVE-2026-46299

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-08T17:16:48.393

Modified: 2026-06-08T17:16:48.393

Link: CVE-2026-46299

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