UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40088: XEE

Q: What security impact is indicated by the supplied severity vector?

The vector indicates high availability impact, with no indicated impact to confidentiality or integrity. It is rated high severity with a 7.1 score.

Q: Does exploitation require privileges or user interaction?

The supplied vector indicates that no privileges are required, but user interaction is required. It also indicates network attack vector and low attack complexity.

Q: Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed for this issue?

The listed package families are ubuntu/linux, ubuntu/linux-fips, ubuntu/linux-aws, ubuntu/linux-aws-fips, ubuntu/linux-azure, ubuntu/linux-azure-fips, ubuntu/linux-gcp, and ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips.

Published Oct 30, 2025

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplusstrcasecmp() The hfsplusstrcasecmp() logic can trigger the issue: [ 117.317703][ T9855] ================================================================== [ 117.318353][ T9855] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplusstrcasecmp+0x1bc/0x490 [ 117.318991][ T9855] Read of size 2 at addr ffff88802160f40c by task repro/9855 [ 117.319577][ T9855] [ 117.319773][ T9855] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9855 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6 #33 PREEMPT(full) [ 117.319780][ T9855] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 117.319783][ T9855] Call Trace: [ 117.319785][ T9855] <TASK> [ 117.319788][ T9855] dumpstacklvl+0x1c1/0x2a0 [ 117.319795][ T9855] ? virtaddrvalid+0x1c8/0x5c0 [ 117.319803][ T9855] ? pfxdumpstacklvl+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319808][ T9855] ? rcuiswatching+0x15/0xb0 [ 117.319816][ T9855] ? lockrelease+0x4b/0x3e0 [ 117.319821][ T9855] ? kasancheckbyte+0x12/0x40 [ 117.319828][ T9855] ? virtaddrvalid+0x1c8/0x5c0 [ 117.319835][ T9855] ? virtaddrvalid+0x4a5/0x5c0 [ 117.319842][ T9855] printreport+0x17e/0x7e0 [ 117.319848][ T9855] ? virtaddrvalid+0x1c8/0x5c0 [ 117.319855][ T9855] ? virtaddrvalid+0x4a5/0x5c0 [ 117.319862][ T9855] ? physaddr+0xd3/0x180 [ 117.319869][ T9855] ? hfsplusstrcasecmp+0x1bc/0x490 [ 117.319876][ T9855] kasanreport+0x147/0x180 [ 117.319882][ T9855] ? hfsplusstrcasecmp+0x1bc/0x490 [ 117.319891][ T9855] hfsplusstrcasecmp+0x1bc/0x490 [ 117.319900][ T9855] ? pfxhfspluscatcasecmpkey+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319906][ T9855] hfsfindrecbykey+0xa9/0x1e0 [ 117.319913][ T9855] hfsplusbrecfind+0x18e/0x470 [ 117.319920][ T9855] ? pfxhfsplusbnodefind+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319926][ T9855] ? pfxhfsfindrecbykey+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319933][ T9855] ? pfxhfsplusbrecfind+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319942][ T9855] hfsplusbrecfind+0x28f/0x510 [ 117.319949][ T9855] ? pfxhfsfindrecbykey+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319956][ T9855] ? pfxhfsplusbrecfind+0x10/0x10 [ 117.319963][ T9855] ? kmallocnoprof+0x2a9/0x510 [ 117.319969][ T9855] ? hfsplusfindinit+0x8c/0x1d0 [ 117.319976][ T9855] hfsplusbrecread+0x2b/0x120 [ 117.319983][ T9855] hfspluslookup+0x2aa/0x890 [ 117.319990][ T9855] ? pfxhfspluslookup+0x10/0x10 [ 117.320003][ T9855] ? dallocparallel+0x2f0/0x15e0 [ 117.320008][ T9855] ? lockacquire+0xaec/0xd80 [ 117.320013][ T9855] ? pfxdallocparallel+0x10/0x10 [ 117.320019][ T9855] ? rawspinlockinit+0x45/0x100 [ 117.320026][ T9855] ? initwaitqueuehead+0xa9/0x150 [ 117.320034][ T9855] lookupslow+0x297/0x3d0 [ 117.320039][ T9855] ? pfxlookupslow+0x10/0x10 [ 117.320045][ T9855] ? downread+0x1ad/0x2e0 [ 117.320055][ T9855] lookupslow+0x53/0x70 [ 117.320065][ T9855] walkcomponent+0x2f0/0x430 [ 117.320073][ T9855] pathlookupat+0x169/0x440 [ 117.320081][ T9855] filenamelookup+0x212/0x590 [ 117.320089][ T9855] ? pfxfilenamelookup+0x10/0x10 [ 117.320098][ T9855] ? strncpyfromuser+0x150/0x290 [ 117.320105][ T9855] ? getnameflags+0x1e5/0x540 [ 117.320112][ T9855] userpathat+0x3a/0x60 [ 117.320117][ T9855] x64sysumount+0xee/0x160 [ 117.320123][ T9855] ? pfxx64sysumount+0x10/0x10 [ 117.320129][ T9855] ? dosyscall64+0xb7/0x3a0 [ 117.320135][ T9855] ? entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 117.320141][ T9855] ? entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 117.320145][ T9855] dosyscall64+0xf3/0x3a0 [ 117.320150][ T9855] ? excpagefault+0x9f/0xf0 [ 117.320154][ T9855] entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x77/0x7f [ 117.320158][ T9855] RIP: 0033:0x7f7dd7908b07 [ 117.320163][ T9855] Code: 23 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 08 [ 117.320167][ T9855] RSP: 002b:00007ffd5ebd9698 EFLAGS: 00000202 ---truncated---

Affected Software

239 affected componentsFixes available

ubuntu/linux*

ubuntu/linux-aws*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial*

ubuntu/linux*

ubuntu/linux-aws*

ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-kvm*

ubuntu/linux-oracle*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux*

ubuntu/linux-aws*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-kvm*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-raspi-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux*

ubuntu/linux-aws*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1100.107~20.04.2

5.15.0-1100.107~20.04.2

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1

5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-bluefield*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1100.109~20.04.1

5.15.0-1100.109~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-170.180~20.04.3

5.15.0-170.180~20.04.3

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-ibm*

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15<5.15.0-1094.97~20.04.1

5.15.0-1094.97~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1095.101~20.04.1

5.15.0-1095.101~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-iot*

ubuntu/linux-kvm*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-170.180~20.04.1

5.15.0-170.180~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1052.52~20.04.2

5.15.0-1052.52~20.04.2

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1097.103~20.04.1

5.15.0-1097.103~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15<5.15.0-1095.99~20.04.1

5.15.0-1095.99~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-170.180

5.15.0-170.180

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1100.107

5.15.0-1100.107

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1

6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1109.118

5.15.0-1109.118

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1109.118.1

5.15.0-1109.118.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.8<6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1

6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1100.109

5.15.0-1100.109

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1096.102

5.15.0-1096.102

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1083.91

5.15.0-1083.91

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1094.97

5.15.0-1094.97

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1

6.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1095.101

5.15.0-1095.101

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1092.97

5.15.0-1092.97

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-170.180

5.15.0-170.180

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1095.96

5.15.0-1095.96

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1

6.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1052.52

5.15.0-1052.52

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1041.41

5.15.0-1041.41

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1097.103

5.15.0-1097.103

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1

6.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1097.100

5.15.0-1097.100

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1064.68

5.15.0-1064.68

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.15.0-1084.86

5.15.0-1084.86

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime<5.15.0-1092.94

5.15.0-1092.94

ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1099.108

5.15.0-1099.108

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1

6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1100.107+fips1

5.15.0-1100.107+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1109.118+fips1

5.15.0-1109.118+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-170.180+fips1

5.15.0-170.180+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1100.109+fips1

5.15.0-1100.109+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-106.106

6.8.0-106.106

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1050.53

6.8.0-1050.53

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.17<6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1051.57

6.8.0-1051.57

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<6.8.0-1058.65

6.8.0-1058.65

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1039.42

6.8.0-1039.42

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1052.55

6.8.0-1052.55

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.17<6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1

6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1048.53

6.8.0-1048.53

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1035.38

6.8.0-1035.38

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1049.49

6.8.0-1049.49

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-106.106.1

6.8.0-106.106.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1049.52

6.8.0-1049.52

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.17<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1049.52.1

6.8.0-1049.52.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1020.20

6.8.0-1020.20

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.17<6.17.0-1011.11

6.17.0-1011.11

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1047.48

6.8.0-1047.48

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.17<6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1050.54

6.8.0-1050.54

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1028.29

6.8.0-1028.29

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<6.8.0-1017.21

6.8.0-1017.21

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2040.41

6.8.0-2040.41

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1045.46

6.8.1-1045.46

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.17<6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<6.8.0-1050.53+fips1

6.8.0-1050.53+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<6.8.0-1052.58+fips1

6.8.0-1052.58+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-106.106+fips1

6.8.0-106.106+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<6.8.0-1052.55+fips1

6.8.0-1052.55+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.17.0-14.14

6.17.0-14.14

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.17.0-1006.7

6.17.0-1006.7

ubuntu/linux-riscv<6.17.0-14.14.1

6.17.0-14.14.1

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

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Fixed in 5.15.0-1100.107~20.04.2
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1095.101~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1099.108
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Fixed in 6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1100.107+fips1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1109.118+fips1
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1050.53+fips1
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1008.8
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1006.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-14.14.1

Event History

Oct 30, 2025

CVE Published

via OSV·10:15 AM

Data Sourced

via OSV·10:15 AM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What security impact is indicated by the supplied severity vector?

The vector indicates high availability impact, with no indicated impact to confidentiality or integrity. It is rated high severity with a 7.1 score.

Does exploitation require privileges or user interaction?

The supplied vector indicates that no privileges are required, but user interaction is required. It also indicates network attack vector and low attack complexity.

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed for this issue?

The listed package families are ubuntu/linux, ubuntu/linux-fips, ubuntu/linux-aws, ubuntu/linux-aws-fips, ubuntu/linux-azure, ubuntu/linux-azure-fips, ubuntu/linux-gcp, and ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips.

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40088: XEE

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What security impact is indicated by the supplied severity vector?

Does exploitation require privileges or user interaction?

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed for this issue?

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Frequently Asked Questions

What security impact is indicated by the supplied severity vector?

Does exploitation require privileges or user interaction?

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed for this issue?