Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43268
CVE-2026-43268
Description
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.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.12.1,<5.10.252
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fdnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6nvdPatch
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