7.8

CVE-2023-54130: hfs/hfsplus: avoid WARN_ON() for sanity check, use proper error handling

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54130DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54130
Published 24-12-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-54130 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs/hfsplus: avoid WARN_ON() for sanity check, use proper error handling Commit 55d1cbbbb29e ("hfs/hfsplus: use WARN_ON for sanity check") fixed a build warning by turning a comment into a WARN_ON(), but it turns out that syzbot then complains because it can trigger said warning with a corrupted hfs image. The warning actually does warn about a bad situation, but we are much better off just handling it as the error it is. So rather than warn about us doing bad things, stop doing the bad things and return -EIO. While at it, also fix a memory leak that was introduced by an earlier fix for a similar syzbot warning situation, and add a check for one case that historically wasn't handled at all (ie neither comment nor subsequent WARN_ON).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu85 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.7-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ c886c10a6eddb99923b315f42bf63f448883ef9a, < cc2164ada548addfa8ee215196661c3afe0c5154 | ≥ 2344f17c0a89c181ab1a9fef57fd8c3bddfd6e30, < 82725be426bce0a425cc5e26fbad61ffd29cff03 | ≥ 90103ccb6e60aa4efe48993d23d6a528472f2233, < da23752d9660ba7a8ca6c5768fd8776f67f59ee7 | ≥ 4fd3a11804c8877ff11fec59c5c53f1635331e3e, < be01f35efa876eb81cebab2cb0add068b7280ef4 | ≥ 48d9e2e6de01ed35e965eb549758a837c07b601d, < f10defb0be6ac42fb6a97b45920d32da6bd6fde8 | ≥ 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb, < 90e019006644dad35862cb4aa270f561b0732066 | ≥ 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb, < 45917be9f0af339a45b4619f31c902d37b8aed59 | ≥ 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb, < cb7a95af78d29442b8294683eca4897544b8ef46 | 8c40f2dbae603ef0bd21e87c63f54ec59fd88256 | 367296925c7625c3969d2a78d7a3e1dee161beb5 | ≥ 4.9.337, < 4.10 | 5.16

3 vendors · 87 products

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