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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2025-38712

CVE-2025-38712

Description

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.

Affected products

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  • Linux/Linuxv5
    Range: 3.13

Patches

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No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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