CVE-2025-38713

HIGHNVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-09-05. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc()

The hfsplus_readdir() method is capable to crash by calling hfsplus_uni2asc():

[ 667.121659][ T9805] ================================================================== [ 667.122651][ T9805] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10 [ 667.123627][ T9805] Read of size 2 at addr ffff88802592f40c by task repro/9805 [ 667.124578][ T9805] [ 667.124876][ T9805] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 9805 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #1 PREEMPT(full) [ 667.124886][ T9805] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 667.124890][ T9805] Call Trace: [ 667.124893][ T9805] [ 667.124896][ T9805] dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0 [ 667.124911][ T9805] print_report+0xd0/0x660 [ 667.124920][ T9805] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x81/0x610 [ 667.124928][ T9805] ? __phys_addr+0xe8/0x180 [ 667.124934][ T9805] ? hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10 [ 667.124942][ T9805] kasan_report+0xc6/0x100 [ 667.124950][ T9805] ? hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10 [ 667.124959][ T9805] hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10 [ 667.124966][ T9805] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x14b/0x360 [ 667.124974][ T9805] hfsplus_readdir+0x845/0xfc0 [ 667.124984][ T9805] ? __pfx_hfsplus_readdir+0x10/0x10 [ 667.124994][ T9805] ? stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 [ 667.125008][ T9805] ? iterate_dir+0x18b/0xb20 [ 667.125015][ T9805] ? trace_lock_acquire+0x85/0xd0 [ 667.125022][ T9805] ? lock_acquire+0x30/0x80 [ 667.125029][ T9805] ? iterate_dir+0x18b/0xb20 [ 667.125037][ T9805] ? down_read_killable+0x1ed/0x4c0 [ 667.125044][ T9805] ? putname+0x154/0x1a0 [ 667.125051][ T9805] ? __pfx_down_read_killable+0x10/0x10 [ 667.125058][ T9805] ? apparmor_file_permission+0x239/0x3e0 [ 667.125069][ T9805] iterate_dir+0x296/0xb20 [ 667.125076][ T9805] __x64_sys_getdents64+0x13c/0x2c0 [ 667.125084][ T9805] ? __pfx___x64_sys_getdents64+0x10/0x10 [ 667.125091][ T9805] ? __x64_sys_openat+0x141/0x200 [ 667.125126][ T9805] ? __pfx_filldir64+0x10/0x10 [ 667.125134][ T9805] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x7fe/0x12f0 [ 667.125143][ T9805] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480 [ 667.125151][ T9805] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 667.125158][ T9805] RIP: 0033:0x7fa8753b2fc9 [ 667.125164][ T9805] Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 48 [ 667.125172][ T9805] RSP: 002b:00007ffe96f8e0f8 EFLAGS: 00000217 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000d9 [ 667.125181][ T9805] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fa8753b2fc9 [ 667.125185][ T9805] RDX: 0000000000000400 RSI: 00002000000063c0 RDI: 0000000000000004 [ 667.125190][ T9805] RBP: 00007ffe96f8e110 R08: 00007ffe96f8e110 R09: 00007ffe96f8e110 [ 667.125195][ T9805] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000217 R12: 0000556b1e3b4260 [ 667.125199][ T9805] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 667.125207][ T9805] [ 667.125210][ T9805] [ 667.145632][ T9805] Allocated by task 9805: [ 667.145991][ T9805] kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 [ 667.146352][ T9805] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 667.146717][ T9805] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 [ 667.147065][ T9805] __kmalloc_noprof+0x205/0x550 [ 667.147448][ T9805] hfsplus_find_init+0x95/0x1f0 [ 667.147813][ T9805] hfsplus_readdir+0x220/0xfc0 [ 667.148174][ T9805] iterate_dir+0x296/0xb20 [ 667.148549][ T9805] __x64_sys_getdents64+0x13c/0x2c0 [ 667.148937][ T9805] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480 [ 667.149291][ T9805] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 667.149809][ T9805] [ 667.150030][ T9805] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802592f000 [ 667.150030][ T9805] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 [ 667.151282][ T9805] The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of [ 667.151282][ T9805] allocated 1036-byte region [ffff88802592f000, ffff88802592f40c) [ 667.1 ---truncated---

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 4, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4327-1] linux security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7534cbfac0a9ffa4fa17cacc6e8b6446dae24ee
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccf0ad56a779e6704c0b27f555dec847f50c7557
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94458781aee6045bd3d0ad4b80b02886b9e2219b
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76a4c6636a69d69409aa253b049b1be717a539c5
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f7da507d787b489761a0fa280716f84fa32b2f
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f93694bcbc2c2ab3e01cd8fba2f296faf34e6b9
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/291bb5d931c6f3cd7227b913302a17be21cf53b0
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca69007e52a73bd8b84b988b61b319816ca8b01
generic

hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13604b1d7e7b125fb428cddbec6b8d92baad25d5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-38713(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(26)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1097.87) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1061 (5.15.0-1061.65) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-5.15 (5.15.0.1096.100) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1101.86) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gkeop-5.15 (5.15.0.1080.79) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-kvm-5.15 (5.15.0.1089.85) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1101.99) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1091.89) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (5.15.0.1102.111~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1041.42) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100+fips1) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1047.50+fips1) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1043.44) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1043.48) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.49.1) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1046.52) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100.1) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1023.24) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.52+fips1) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1044.44) @ noble2026-05-21ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.4.297—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (46 versions)5.10.244-1—
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.148-1~deb11u1 (11 versions)6.1.153-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (43 versions)6.1.153-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1~bpo12+16.12.43-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.16~rc7-1~exp1 (62 versions)6.16.3-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(24)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38713?
CVE-2025-38713 is a high vulnerability published on September 4, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() The hfsplus_readdir() method is capable to crash by calling hfsplus_uni2asc(): [ 667.121659][ T9805] ================================================================== […
When was CVE-2025-38713 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38713 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 4, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38713 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38713 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38713?
CVE-2025-38713 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38713?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38713, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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