# CVE-2025-71271: hfsplus: ensure sb-\>s\_fs\_info is always cleaned up

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up When hfsplus 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 hfsplus_fill_super() takes ownership of the filesystem-specific s_fs_info data it was leaked. Fix this by freeing sb->s_fs_info in hfsplus_kill_super().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcfebb83b5460d5be4e5c9dfb19cdaf3d4cb1db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e38d32bb04d85a2c81204a85a34878a497128c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126fb0ce99431126b44a6c360192668c818f641f

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