CVE-2025-40082

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_...

CVE-2025-40082 is fixed in 59 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40082, released October 28, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0019
8th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_uni2asc+0xa71/0xb90 fs/hfsplus/unicode.c:186 Read of size 2 at addr ffff8880289ef218 by task syz.6.248/14290 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14290 Comm: syz.6.248 Not tainted 6.16.4 #1 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x5f0 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xca/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:595 hfsplus_uni2asc+0xa71/0xb90 fs/hfsplus/unicode.c:186 hfsplus_listxattr+0x5b6/0xbd0 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:738 vfs_listxattr+0xbe/0x140 fs/xattr.c:493 listxattr+0xee/0x190 fs/xattr.c:924 filename_listxattr fs/xattr.c:958 [inline] path_listxattrat+0x143/0x360 fs/xattr.c:988 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fe0e9fae16d Code: 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fe0eae67f98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000c3 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe0ea205fa0 RCX: 00007fe0e9fae16d RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000000 RBP: 00007fe0ea0480f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fe0ea206038 R14: 00007fe0ea205fa0 R15: 00007fe0eae48000 </TASK> Allocated by task 14290: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:47 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4333 [inline] __kmalloc_noprof+0x219/0x540 mm/slub.c:4345 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline] hfsplus_find_init+0x95/0x1f0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:21 hfsplus_listxattr+0x331/0xbd0 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:697 vfs_listxattr+0xbe/0x140 fs/xattr.c:493 listxattr+0xee/0x190 fs/xattr.c:924 filename_listxattr fs/xattr.c:958 [inline] path_listxattrat+0x143/0x360 fs/xattr.c:988 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f When hfsplus_uni2asc is called from hfsplus_listxattr, it actually passes in a struct hfsplus_attr_unistr*. The size of the corresponding structure is different from that of hfsplus_unistr, so the previous fix (94458781aee6) is insufficient. The pointer on the unicode buffer is still going beyond the allocated memory. This patch introduces two warpper functions hfsplus_uni2asc_xattr_str and hfsplus_uni2asc_str to process two unicode buffers, struct hfsplus_attr_unistr* and struct hfsplus_unistr* respectively. When ustrlen value is bigger than the allocated memory size, the ustrlen value is limited to an safe size.

Where it's fixed

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Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
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kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
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kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
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kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
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kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_17 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_17 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1 Nov 19, 2025
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kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
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kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
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kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.164-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40082 Oct 28, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.73-1 DSA-6141-1 Feb 18, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.17.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40082 Oct 28, 2025

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