CVE-2025-71230

hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

published February 18, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

When hfs was converted to the new mount api a bug was introduced by

changing the allocation pattern of sb->s_fs_info. If setup_bdev_super()

fails after a new superblock has been allocated by sget_fc(), but before

hfs_fill_super() takes ownership of the filesystem-specific s_fs_info

data it was leaked.

Fix this by freeing sb->s_fs_info in hfs_kill_super().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00137 · 2.8th percentile
Published
2026-02-18T14:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 14:53Z
    hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up
    cvelistv5