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CVE-2025-71230: hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.13% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446, 399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166, 46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6; azl3 kernel 6.6.121.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.121.1-2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446, 399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166, 46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6; azl3 kernel 6.6.121.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.121.1-2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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().

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 18, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.11
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.13affected
    • ffcd06b6d13b72823aba0d7c871f7e4876e7916b and later · before 46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6affected · git
    • ffcd06b6d13b72823aba0d7c871f7e4876e7916b and later · before 399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166affected · git
    • ffcd06b6d13b72823aba0d7c871f7e4876e7916b and later · before 05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446affected · git
    • before 6.13not affected · semver
    • 6.18.11 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 6.19.1 and later · up to and including 6.19.*not affected · semver
    • 7.0 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.18.12-16.18.12-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedkernel-sourcebefore 6.19.8-1.16.19.8-1.1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-23219Feb 18, 2026 · mm/slab: Add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook for memcg_alloc_abort_single
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-71229Feb 18, 2026 · wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-71231Feb 18, 2026 · crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.121.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.121.1-2 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.18.12-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:kernel-source6.19.8-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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