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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-05-06T11:28:53.534Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-07T17:15:15.634Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-43268 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-43268.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050609-CVE-2026-43268-2b56@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43268 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43268 cve-icon
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