{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "ffcd06b6d13b72823aba0d7c871f7e4876e7916b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71230.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfs: ensure sb-\u003es_fs_info is always cleaned up\n\nWhen hfs was converted to the new mount api a bug was introduced by\nchanging the allocation pattern of sb-\u003es_fs_info. If setup_bdev_super()\nfails after a new superblock has been allocated by sget_fc(), but before\nhfs_fill_super() takes ownership of the filesystem-specific s_fs_info\ndata it was leaked.\n\nFix this by freeing sb-\u003es_fs_info in hfs_kill_super().",
  "id": "CVE-2025-71230",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:19.306665643Z",
  "published": "2026-02-18T14:53:14.519Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ce49a902be15dc93854cbfc20161205a9ee446"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/399219831514126bc9541e8eadefe02c6fbd9166"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c1d56ad321fb024761abd9af61a0cb616cf2f6"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71230.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71230"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "hfs: ensure sb-\u003es_fs_info is always cleaned up"
}