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CVE-2025-38712

kernel: hfsplus: don't use BUG_ON() in hfsplus_create_attributes_file()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · September 4, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified