CVE-2025-38712

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: don't use BUG_ON() in hfsplus_create_attributes_file() When the volume header contains erroneous values that do not reflect the actual state of the filesystem, hfsplus_fill_super() assumes that the attributes file is not yet created, which later results in hitting BUG_ON() when hfsplus_create_attributes_file() is called. Replace this BUG_ON() with -EIO error with a message to suggest running fsck tool.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-617

Published

2025-09-04

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03cd1db1494cf930e2fa042c9c13e32bffdb4eba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb8da27ff15e346d4bc9e248e819c9a88ebf9d6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9046566fa692f88954dac8c510f37ee17a15fdb7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3359392b75395a31af739a761f48f4041148226
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0eea8e375677f586ad11c12e2525ed3fc698c2

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