CVE-2025-38714

HIGH EPSS 4.7%
Published Sep 4, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Sep 4, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_bnode_read() The hfsplus_bnode_read() method can trigger the issue: [ 174.852007][ T9784] ================================================================== [ 174.852709][ T9784] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360 [ 174.853412][ T9784] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b5fc6c0 by task repro/9784 [ 174.854059][ T9784] [ 174.854272][ T9784] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9784 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #7 PREEMPT(full) [ 174.854281][ T9784] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 174.854286][ T9784] Call Trace: [ 174.854289][ T9784] <TASK> [ 174.854292][ T9784] dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0 [ 174.854305][ T9784] print_report+0xd0/0x660 [ 174.854315][ T9784] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x81/0x610 [ 174.854323][ T9784] ? __phys_addr+0xe8/0x180 [ 174.854330][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360 [ 174.854337][ T9784] kasan_report+0xc6/0x100 [ 174.854346][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360 [ 174.854354][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360 [ 174.854362][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_dump+0x2ec/0x380 [ 174.854370][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_bnode_dump+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854377][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_write_u16+0x83/0xb0 [ 174.854385][ T9784] ? srcu_gp_start+0xd0/0x310 [ 174.854393][ T9784] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x29e/0xe40 [ 174.854402][ T9784] hfsplus_brec_remove+0x3d2/0x4e0 [ 174.854411][ T9784] __hfsplus_delete_attr+0x290/0x3a0 [ 174.854419][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfs_find_1st_rec_by_cnid+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854427][ T9784] ? __pfx___hfsplus_delete_attr+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854436][ T9784] ? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50 [ 174.854450][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x262/0x320 [ 174.854459][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854469][ T9784] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0 [ 174.854476][ T9784] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x29e/0xe40 [ 174.854483][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_cat+0x845/0xde0 [ 174.854493][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_delete_cat+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854507][ T9784] hfsplus_unlink+0x1ca/0x7c0 [ 174.854516][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_unlink+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854525][ T9784] ? down_write+0x148/0x200 [ 174.854532][ T9784] ? __pfx_down_write+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854540][ T9784] vfs_unlink+0x2fe/0x9b0 [ 174.854549][ T9784] do_unlinkat+0x490/0x670 [ 174.854557][ T9784] ? __pfx_do_unlinkat+0x10/0x10 [ 174.854565][ T9784] ? __might_fault+0xbc/0x130 [ 174.854576][ T9784] ? getname_flags.part.0+0x1c5/0x550 [ 174.854584][ T9784] __x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110 [ 174.854592][ T9784] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480 [ 174.854600][ T9784] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 174.854608][ T9784] RIP: 0033:0x7f6fdf4c3167 [ 174.854614][ T9784] Code: f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 26 0d 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 08 [ 174.854622][ T9784] RSP: 002b:00007ffcb948bca8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057 [ 174.854630][ T9784] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f6fdf4c3167 [ 174.854636][ T9784] RDX: 00007ffcb948bcc0 RSI: 00007ffcb948bcc0 RDI: 00007ffcb948bd50 [ 174.854641][ T9784] RBP: 00007ffcb948cd90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007ffcb948bb40 [ 174.854645][ T9784] R10: 00007f6fdf564fc0 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000561e1bc9c2d0 [ 174.854650][ T9784] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 174.854658][ T9784] </TASK> [ 174.854661][ T9784] [ 174.879281][ T9784] Allocated by task 9784: [ 174.879664][ T9784] kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 [ 174.880082][ T9784] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 174.880500][ T9784] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 [ 174.880908][ T9784] __kmalloc_noprof+0x205/0x550 [ 174.881337][ T9784] __hfs_bnode_create+0x107/0x890 [ 174.881779][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_find+0x2d0/0xd10 [ 174.882222][ T9784] hfsplus_brec_find+0x2b0/0x520 [ 174.882659][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x23b/0x3 ---truncated---

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety

Affected Products 14

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.13  –  <5.4.297
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.241
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.190
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.149
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.103
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.43
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.11
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.16  –  <6.16.2
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
debiandebian_linux11.0any

References 12

  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/032f7ed6717a4cd3714f9801be39fdfc7f1c7644
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/291b7f2538920aa229500dbdd6c5f0927a51bc8b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475d770c19929082aab43337e6c077d0e2043df3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab59229bef6063edf3a6fc2e3e3fd7cd2181b29
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa4cef8ea13b37811287ef60674c5fd1dd02ee6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8583d067ae22b7f32ce5277ca5543ac8bf86a3e5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2abd574d2fe22b8464cf6df5abb6f24d809eac0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80aa2aaaa5e69d5219c6af8ef7e754114bd08d2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffee8a7bed0fbfe29da239a922b59c5db897c613
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/032f7ed6717a4cd3714f9801be39fdfc7f1c7644
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/291b7f2538920aa229500dbdd6c5f0927a51bc8b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475d770c19929082aab43337e6c077d0e2043df3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab59229bef6063edf3a6fc2e3e3fd7cd2181b29
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa4cef8ea13b37811287ef60674c5fd1dd02ee6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8583d067ae22b7f32ce5277ca5543ac8bf86a3e5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2abd574d2fe22b8464cf6df5abb6f24d809eac0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80aa2aaaa5e69d5219c6af8ef7e754114bd08d2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffee8a7bed0fbfe29da239a922b59c5db897c613
    Patch