Re: [Bug Report] OOB-read BUG in HFS+ filesystem

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 10:23:27AM +0000, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On 15.04.25 11:31, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:16:58AM +0000, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> >> On 15.04.25 09:52, Christian Brauner wrote:
> >>> Ok, I'm open to trying. I'm adding a deprecation message when initating
> >>> a new hfs{plus} context logged to dmesg and then we can try and remove
> >>> it by the end of the year.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Just a word of caution though, (at least Intel) Macs have their EFI ESP
> >> partition on HFS+ instead of FAT. I don't own an Apple Silicon Mac so I
> >> can't check if it's there as well.
> > 
> > Yeah, someone mentioned that. Well, then we hopefully have someone
> > stepping up to for maintainership.
> > 
> 
> I hope you aren't considering me here :D. I'm lacking the time to 
> volunteer as a Maintainer but I can offer to look into some fixes.

No no, I'm aware. I'm just saying that if this is really crucial this
Mac use-case then we better find someone to take care of it properly.