{"id":"CVE-2025-71271","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"hfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up\n\nWhen hfsplus was converted to the new mount api a bug was introduced by\nchanging the allocation pattern of sb->s_fs_info. If setup_bdev_super()\nfails after a new superblock has been allocated by sget_fc(), but before\nhfsplus_fill_super() takes ownership of the filesystem-specific s_fs_info\ndata it was leaked.\n\nFix this by freeing sb->s_fs_info in hfsplus_kill_super().","publishedAt":"2026-05-06T11:27:05.321Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T21:57:10.064Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"432f7c78cb000a3151fa0d39585b000312f50d7e","status":"affected","lessThan":"0bcfebb83b5460d5be4e5c9dfb19cdaf3d4cb1db","versionType":"git"},{"version":"432f7c78cb000a3151fa0d39585b000312f50d7e","status":"affected","lessThan":"1e38d32bb04d85a2c81204a85a34878a497128c8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"432f7c78cb000a3151fa0d39585b000312f50d7e","status":"affected","lessThan":"126fb0ce99431126b44a6c360192668c818f641f","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/hfsplus/super.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.13","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/hfsplus/super.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcfebb83b5460d5be4e5c9dfb19cdaf3d4cb1db","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e38d32bb04d85a2c81204a85a34878a497128c8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126fb0ce99431126b44a6c360192668c818f641f"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:04.440Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71271.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-71271","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-05-06T11:27:05.321Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:57:10.064Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-03-17T09:08:18.458Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"hfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up\n\nWhen hfsplus was converted to the new mount api a bug was introduced by\nchanging the allocation pattern of sb->s_fs_info. 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