{"id":"CVE-2025-71271","title":"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_…","summary":"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_…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.16","linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.19.6"],"published":"2026-05-06","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71271","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcfebb83b5460d5be4e5c9dfb19cdaf3d4cb1db","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126fb0ce99431126b44a6c360192668c818f641f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e38d32bb04d85a2c81204a85a34878a497128c8","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00126,"epssPercentile":0.02042,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.484Z","slug":"CVE-2025-71271","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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().\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.16`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.19.6`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}