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CVE-2026-43268

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files S

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00013
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel>= 2.6.12.1 and < 5.10.252
linux kernel>= 5.11 and < 5.15.202
linux kernel>= 5.16 and < 6.1.165
linux kernel>= 6.2 and < 6.6.128
linux kernel>= 6.7 and < 6.12.75
linux kernel>= 6.13 and < 6.18.16
linux kernel>= 6.19 and < 6.19.6
linux kernelall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD06 May 2026 · 12:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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
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