{"cve":"CVE-2025-71271","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-06T12:16:27.090","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Analyzed","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().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcfebb83b5460d5be4e5c9dfb19cdaf3d4cb1db","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126fb0ce99431126b44a6c360192668c818f641f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e38d32bb04d85a2c81204a85a34878a497128c8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71271","score":0.00126,"percentile":0.0227,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}