CVE-2026-64361
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's HFS/HFS+ filesystem driver. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the check_and_correct_requested_length function, where a calculation involving off + len can wrap around due to 32-bit arithmetic. This allows an attacker to bypass bounds checks, leading to an out-of-bounds read of approximately 4GB of memory. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this to potentially disclose sensitive information or cause memory corruption.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Memory
An attacker could get secret values such as cryptographic keys, PII, memory addresses, or other information that could be used in additional attacks.
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Out-of-bounds memory could contain memory addresses or other information that can be used to bypass ASLR and other protection mechanisms in order to improve the reliability of exploiting a separate weakness for code execution.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
An attacker could cause a segmentation fault or crash by causing memory to be read outside of the bounds of the buffer. This is especially likely when the code reads a variable amount of data and assumes that a sentinel exists to stop the read operation, such as a NUL in a string.
Other
Technical Impact: Varies by Context
The read operation could produce other undefined or unexpected results.
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