CVE-2026-43268
mediumIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch i…
Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel
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
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-06 12:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
linux / linux_kernel ≥2.6.12.1 <5.10.252, ≥5.11 <5.15.202, ≥5.16 <6.1.165, ≥6.2 <6.6.128, ≥6.7 <6.12.75, ≥6.13 <6.18.16
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗