CVE-2026-43268

MEDIUM EPSS 1.9%
Published May 6, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 6, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 13

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.12.1  –  <5.10.252
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.202
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.6
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.12any

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6
    Patch