[syzbot] Monthly hfs report (Aug 2026)

syzbot <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:00:35 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello hfs maintainers/developers,

This is a 31-day syzbot report for the hfs subsystem.
All related reports/information can be found at:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/upstream/s/hfs

During the period, 0 new issues were detected and 0 were fixed.
In total, 19 issues are still open and 40 have already been fixed.
There are also 3 low-priority issues.

Some of the still happening issues:

Ref Crashes Repro Title
<1> 236948  Yes   kernel BUG in hfs_write_inode
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=97e301b4b82ae803d21b
<2> 15655   Yes   possible deadlock in hfsplus_get_block
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b7ef7c0c8d8098686ae2
<3> 10916   Yes   WARNING in hfs_bnode_create
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a19ca73b21fe8bc69101
<4> 8003    Yes   possible deadlock in hfs_find_init (2)
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e390d66dda462b51fde1
<5> 5804    Yes   possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (3)
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2a62f58f1a4951a549bb
<6> 1876    Yes   KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_rename_cat
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=93f4402297a457fc6895
<7> 434     Yes   possible deadlock in hfsplus_block_allocate
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b6ccd31787585244a855
<8> 9       Yes   memory leak in __hfs_bnode_create
                  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=98547b0428b6a6a3467c

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