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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 8, 2026

CVE-2026-43228

CVE-2026-43228

Description

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

hfs: Replace BUG_ON with error handling for CNID count checks

In a06ec283e125 next_id, folder_count, and file_count in the super block info were expanded to 64 bits, and BUG_ONs were added to detect overflow. This triggered an error reported by syzbot: if the MDB is corrupted, the BUG_ON is triggered. This patch replaces this mechanism with proper error handling and resolves the syzbot reported bug.

Singed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>

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