fsck.hfsplus fails due to "buffer overflow detected"

Running `mkfs.hfsplus` on a partition on a USB 3.0 connected HDD which ran without problems on Mac OS X before fails immediately with

    $ sudo fsck.hfsplus /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS545032B9SA02_100222PBT30016HTWPTY-part2
    *** buffer overflow detected ***: fsck.hfsplus terminated
    ======= Backtrace: =========
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x78c4e)[0x7fc40c40cc4e]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x5c)[0x7fc40c4ace8c]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x116e80)[0x7fc40c4aae80]
    fsck.hfsplus[0x4028c8]
    fsck.hfsplus[0x402a16]
    fsck.hfsplus[0x4020bb]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7fc40c3b4a40]
    fsck.hfsplus[0x4025ce]
    ======= Memory map: ========
    00400000-0042c000 r-xp 00000000 00:13 1614883 /sbin/fsck.hfsplus
    0062b000-0062c000 r--p 0002b000 00:13 1614883 /sbin/fsck.hfsplus
    0062c000-0062e000 rw-p 0002c000 00:13 1614883 /sbin/fsck.hfsplus
    0062e000-00633000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    01074000-01095000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
    7fc40c17e000-7fc40c194000 r-xp 00000000 00:13 637176 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
    7fc40c194000-7fc40c393000 ---p 00016000 00:13 637176 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
    7fc40c393000-7fc40c394000 rw-p 00015000 00:13 637176 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
    7fc40c394000-7fc40c554000 r-xp 00000000 00:13 27534 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.21.so
    7fc40c554000-7fc40c754000 ---p 001c0000 00:13 27534 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.21.so
    7fc40c754000-7fc40c758000 r--p 001c0000 00:13 27534 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.21.so
    7fc40c758000-7fc40c75a000 rw-p 001c4000 00:13 27534 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.21.so
    7fc40c75a000-7fc40c75e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    7fc40c75e000-7fc40c76c000 r-xp 00000000 00:13 27532 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.7.0
    7fc40c76c000-7fc40c96b000 ---p 0000e000 00:13 27532 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.7.0
    7fc40c96b000-7fc40c96c000 r--p 0000d000 00:13 27532 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.7.0
    7fc40c96c000-7fc40c96d000 rw-p 0000e000 00:13 27532 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.7.0
    7fc40c96d000-7fc40c96e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    7fc40c96e000-7fc40c992000 r-xp 00000000 00:13 27491 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.21.so
    7fc40cb53000-7fc40cb56000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    7fc40cb8e000-7fc40cb91000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    7fc40cb91000-7fc40cb92000 r--p 00023000 00:13 27491 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.21.so
    7fc40cb92000-7fc40cb93000 rw-p 00024000 00:13 27491 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.21.so
    7fc40cb93000-7fc40cb94000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
    7ffefa706000-7ffefa727000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]
    7ffefa741000-7ffefa743000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 [vvar]
    7ffefa743000-7ffefa745000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
    ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: hfsplus 1.0.4-12.1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.0.1-040001-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 1 12:04:42 2015
Dependencies:
 gcc-5-base 5.1~rc1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4
 libgcc1 1:5.1~rc1-0ubuntu1
 libhfsp0 1.0.4-12.1ubuntu1
 multiarch-support 2.21-0ubuntu4
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-02 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: hfsplus
SystemImageInfo:
 current build number: 0
 device name:
 channel: daily
 last update: Unknown
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)