# CVE-2025-40082: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus\_uni2asc()

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.6.124, 6.12.70, 5.5, and 4 more
- Published: 2025-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from ccf0ad56a779e6704c0b27f555dec847f50c7557, fixed in 343fe375a8dd6ee51a193a1c233b999f5ea4d479; from 13604b1d7e7b125fb428cddbec6b8d92baad25d5, fixed in 782acde47e127c98a113726e2ff8024bd65c0454; from 291bb5d931c6f3cd7227b913302a17be21cf53b0, fixed in c3db89ea1ed3d540eebe8f3c36e806fb75ee4a1e; from f7534cbfac0a9ffa4fa17cacc6e8b6446dae24ee, fixed in 5b5228964619b180f366940505b77255b1a03929; from 94458781aee6045bd3d0ad4b80b02886b9e2219b, fixed in 857aefc70d4ae3b9bf1ae67434d27d0f79f80c9e; from 94458781aee6045bd3d0ad4b80b02886b9e2219b, fixed in bea3e1d4467bcf292c8e54f080353d556d355e26; from 5.15.190, fixed in 5.15.200; from 6.1.149, fixed in 6.1.163; from 6.6.103, fixed in 6.6.124; from 6.12.43, fixed in 6.12.70; from 5.4.297, fixed in 5.5; from 5.10.241, fixed in 5.11; from 6.15.11, fixed in 6.16; from 6.16.2, fixed in 6.17
- Linux: 6.17
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 5.15.200; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.163; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.124; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.70; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.17.3

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.6.124, 6.12.70, 5.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/343fe375a8dd6ee51a193a1c233b999f5ea4d479
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782acde47e127c98a113726e2ff8024bd65c0454
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3db89ea1ed3d540eebe8f3c36e806fb75ee4a1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b5228964619b180f366940505b77255b1a03929
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/857aefc70d4ae3b9bf1ae67434d27d0f79f80c9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea3e1d4467bcf292c8e54f080353d556d355e26

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