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CVE-2025-38716
published 2025-09-04

CVE-2025-38716: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init() The hfs_find_init() method can trigger…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
4.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init() The hfs_find_init() method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: [ 45.746290][ T9787] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 [#1] SMP KAI [ 45.747287][ T9787] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047] [ 45.748716][ T9787] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9787 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #10 PREEMPT(full) [ 45.750250][ T9787] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 45.751983][ T9787] RIP: 0010:hfs_find_init+0x86/0x230 [ 45.752834][ T9787] Code: c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 9a 01 00 00 4c 8d 6b 40 48 c7 45 18 00 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc [ 45.755574][ T9787] RSP: 0018:ffffc90015157668 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 45.756432][ T9787] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff819a4d09 [ 45.757457][ T9787] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: ffffffff819acd3a RDI: ffffc900151576e8 [ 45.758282][ T9787] RBP: ffffc900151576d0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 45.758943][ T9787] R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000004 [ 45.759619][ T9787] R13: 0000000000000040 R14: ffff88802c50814a R15: 0000000000000000 [ 45.760293][ T9787] FS: 00007ffb72734540(0000) GS:ffff8880cec64000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 45.761050][ T9787] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 45.761606][ T9787] CR2: 00007f9bd8225000 CR3: 000000010979a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 45.762286][ T9787] Call Trace: [ 45.762570][ T9787] [ 45.762824][ T9787] hfs_ext_read_extent+0x190/0x9d0 [ 45.763269][ T9787] ? submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x2dd/0xce0 [ 45.763766][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_ext_read_extent+0x10/0x10 [ 45.764250][ T9787] hfs_get_block+0x55f/0x830 [ 45.764646][ T9787] block_read_full_folio+0x36d/0x850 [ 45.765105][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_get_block+0x10/0x10 [ 45.765541][ T9787] ? const_folio_flags+0x5b/0x1

Affected

36 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 2.6.27.60 < 2.6.282.6.28
linuxlinux>= 2.6.32.51 < 2.6.332.6.33
linuxlinux>= 2.6.34.14 < 2.6.352.6.35
linuxlinux>= 3.0.14 < 3.13.1
linuxlinux>= 3.1.6 < 3.23.2
linuxlinux>= 434a964daa14b9db083ce20404a4a2add54d037a < 4f032979b63ad52e08aadf0faeac34ed35133ec04f032979b63ad52e08aadf0faeac34ed35133ec0
linuxlinux>= 434a964daa14b9db083ce20404a4a2add54d037a < 5d8b249527362e0ccafcaf76b3bec2a0d2aa14985d8b249527362e0ccafcaf76b3bec2a0d2aa1498
linuxlinux>= 434a964daa14b9db083ce20404a4a2add54d037a < b918c17a1934ac6309b0083f41d4e9d8fb3bb46cb918c17a1934ac6309b0083f41d4e9d8fb3bb46c
linuxlinux>= 434a964daa14b9db083ce20404a4a2add54d037a < 6e20e10064fdc43231636fca519c15c013a8e3d66e20e10064fdc43231636fca519c15c013a8e3d6
linuxlinux>= 434a964daa14b9db083ce20404a4a2add54d037a < 736a0516a16268995f4898eded49bfef077af709736a0516a16268995f4898eded49bfef077af709
linuxlinux_kernel< 6.6.1036.6.103
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.43-16.12.43-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.116.15.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.16 < 6.16.26.16.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.436.12.43
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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