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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-40244" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-04T15:31:33.249Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:08:48.412Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40244" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40244.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40244" title: "hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent()\n\nThe syzbot reported issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent():\n\n[ 70.194323][ T9350] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990\n[ 70.195022][ T9350] __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990\n[ 70.195530][ T9350] hfsplus_file_extend+0x74f/0x1cf0\n[ 70.195998][ T9350] hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0\n[ 70.196458][ T9350] __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0\n[ 70.196959][ T9350] cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950\n[ 70.197416][ T9350] hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130\n[ 70.197873][ T9350] generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060\n[ 70.198374][ T9350] __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460\n[ 70.198892][ T9350] generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0\n[ 70.199393][ T9350] vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0\n[ 70.199771][ T9350] ksys_write+0x23e/0x490\n[ 70.200149][ T9350] __x64_sys_write+0x97/0xf0\n[ 70.200570][ T9350] x64_sys_call+0x3015/0x3cf0\n[ 70.201065][ T9350] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0\n[ 70.201506][ T9350] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n[ 70.202054][ T9350]\n[ 70.202279][ T9350] Uninit was created at:\n[ 70.202693][ T9350] __kmalloc_noprof+0x621/0xf80\n[ 70.203149][ T9350] hfsplus_find_init+0x8d/0x1d0\n[ 70.203602][ T9350] hfsplus_file_extend+0x6ca/0x1cf0\n[ 70.204087][ T9350] hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0\n[ 70.204561][ T9350] __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0\n[ 70.205074][ T9350] cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950\n[ 70.205547][ T9350] hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130\n[ 70.206017][ T9350] generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060\n[ 70.206519][ T9350] __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460\n[ 70.207042][ T9350] generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0\n[ 70.207552][ T9350] vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0\n[ 70.207961][ T9350] ksys_write+0x23e/0x490\n[ 70.208375][ T9350] __x64_sys_write+0x97/0xf0\n[ 70.208810][ T9350] x64_sys_call+0x3015/0x3cf0\n[ 70.209255][ T9350] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0\n[ 70.209680][ T9350] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n[ 70.210230][ T9350]\n[ 70.210454][ T9350] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9350 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5 #5\n[ 70.211174][ T9350] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n[ 70.212115][ T9350] =====================================================\n[ 70.212734][ T9350] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint\n[ 70.213284][ T9350] Kernel panic - not syncing: kmsan.panic set ...\n[ 70.213858][ T9350] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9350 Comm: repro Tainted: G B 6.12.0-rc5 #5\n[ 70.214679][ T9350] Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE\n[ 70.215057][ T9350] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n[ 70.215999][ T9350] Call Trace:\n[ 70.216309][ T9350] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 70.216585][ T9350] dump_stack_lvl+0x1fd/0x2b0\n[ 70.217025][ T9350] dump_stack+0x1e/0x30\n[ 70.217421][ T9350] panic+0x502/0xca0\n[ 70.217803][ T9350] ? kmsan_get_metadata+0x13e/0x1c0\n\n[ 70.218294][ Message fromT sy9350] kmsan_report+0x296/slogd@syzkaller 0x2aat Aug 18 22:11:058 ...\n kernel\n:[ 70.213284][ T9350] Kernel panic - not syncing: kmsan.panic [ 70.220179][ T9350] ? kmsan_get_metadata+0x13e/0x1c0\nset ...\n[ 70.221254][ T9350] ? __msan_warning+0x96/0x120\n[ 70.222066][ T9350] ? __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x7d0/0x990\n[ 70.223023][ T9350] ? hfsplus_file_extend+0x74f/0x1cf0\n[ 70.224120][ T9350] ? hfsplus_get_block+0xe16/0x17b0\n[ 70.224946][ T9350] ? __block_write_begin_int+0x962/0x2ce0\n[ 70.225756][ T9350] ? cont_write_begin+0x1000/0x1950\n[ 70.226337][ T9350] ? hfsplus_write_begin+0x85/0x130\n[ 70.226852][ T9350] ? generic_perform_write+0x3e8/0x1060\n[ 70.227405][ T9350] ? __generic_file_write_iter+0x215/0x460\n[ 70.227979][ T9350] ? generic_file_write_iter+0x109/0x5e0\n[ 70.228540][ T9350] ? vfs_write+0xb0f/0x14e0\n[ 70.228997][ T9350] ? ksys_write+0x23e/0x490\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c1ec90bed504640a42bb20a5f413be39cd17ad71"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b8a72692aa42b7dcd179a96b90bc2763ac74576a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c135b8dca65526aa5b8814e9954e0ae317d9c598"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d7e313039a8f3a6ee072dc5ff4643234d2d735cf"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a5bfb13b4f406aef1a450f99d22d3e48df01528c"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"99202d94909d323a30d154ab0261c0a07166daec"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"14c673a2f3ecf650b694a52a88688f1d71849899"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4840ceadef4290c56cc422f0fc697655f3cbf070"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.4.301","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.246","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.196","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.115","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.56","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.17.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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