CVE-2026-43268In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/ S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 2.6.12.1 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6; 2.6.12; and 5 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868cpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fdpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048epatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6patch
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