[PATCH 2/3] hfs/hfsplus: initialize data buffer in hfs_bnode_read_u16 and hfs_bnode_read_u8

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 07:02:52 EST


From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

hfs_bnode_read_u16() and hfs_bnode_read_u8() declare local data buffers
without initialization, then pass them to hfs_bnode_read(). If
is_bnode_offset_valid() fails inside hfs_bnode_read(), the function
returns early without writing to the buffer, leaving it uninitialized.
The caller then returns the garbage value to its caller.

This triggers KMSAN uninit-value reports when a corrupted HFS+ image
has a node_size of 1, causing rec_off to underflow in hfs_bnode_find()
and the subsequent hfs_bnode_read_u16() to operate on an invalid offset.

Zero-initialize both buffers so that callers get a deterministic zero
value when the underlying read fails.

Reported-by: syzbot+217eb327242d08197efb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=217eb327242d08197efb
Tested-by: syzbot+217eb327242d08197efb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: a431930c9bac ("hfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds in hfs_bnode_read()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hfs/bnode.c | 4 ++--
fs/hfsplus/bnode.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hfs/bnode.c b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
index c00645a4a5733..08307faea7a68 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void hfs_bnode_read(struct hfs_bnode *node, void *buf, u32 off, u32 len)

u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)
{
- __be16 data;
+ __be16 data = 0;
// optimize later...
hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 2);
return be16_to_cpu(data);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)

u8 hfs_bnode_read_u8(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)
{
- u8 data;
+ u8 data = 0;
// optimize later...
hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 1);
return data;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
index f8b5a8ae58ff5..35790085b5b2e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void hfs_bnode_read(struct hfs_bnode *node, void *buf, u32 off, u32 len)

u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)
{
- __be16 data;
+ __be16 data = 0;
/* TODO: optimize later... */
hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 2);
return be16_to_cpu(data);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)

u8 hfs_bnode_read_u8(struct hfs_bnode *node, u32 off)
{
- u8 data;
+ u8 data = 0;
/* TODO: optimize later... */
hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 1);
return data;
--
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