CVE-2026-43268

Published: May 6, 2026Modified: May 8, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (13)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

13 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 2.6.12.1 to 5.10.252
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.11 to 5.15.202
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.1.165
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.13 to 6.18.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.19 to 6.19.6
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2 to 6.6.128
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.7 to 6.12.75
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.12 rc6