CVE-2026-43268

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 v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-05-06 12:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:49

NVD link : CVE-2026-43268

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43268

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43268

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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