The vulnerabilities of the functions hfs_find_init() and hfs_brec_find() in the fs/hfsplus/bfind.c module support Apple HFS extended file system support in Linux. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the functions hfsfindinit and hfsbrecfind in the fs/hfsplus/bfind.c module, which supports the Apple HFS extended file system, is related to the use of an uninitialized variable. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrit...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: hfs: fixed a general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can cause a crash if the tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290T9787 Oops: general protection fault, likely due to a non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008...

EUVD-2025-26753

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init()

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38716

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - hfs: fix general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290 T9787 Oops: general protection...

SUSE CVE-2025-38716

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290 T9787 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 1...

CVE-2025-38716

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290 T9787 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 1...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38716

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290 T9787 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 1...

CVE-2025-38716

CVE-2025-38716 affects the Linux kernel and relates to the hfs_find_init() code path. The vulnerability arises when the tree pointer is NULL, potentially triggering a general protection fault / null pointer dereference during HFS operations (e.g., ext_read_extent, get_block, and subsequent file m...

CVE-2025-38716 hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix general protection fault in hfsfindinit The hfsfindinit method can trigger the crash if tree pointer is NULL: 45.746290 T9787 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 1...

CVE-2011-2203

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...

CVE-2011-2203

CVE-2011-2203 affects the Linux kernel (2.6.x) as cited in MiracleLinux AXSA:2012-220:01. The hfs_find_init function can crash the kernel (NULL pointer dereference) and trigger a kernel OOPs when mounting an HFS filesystem with a malformed MDB extent record, enabling a local DoS. The MiracleLinux...

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2203

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...

CVE-2011-2203

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...