CVE-2026-43268

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: May 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.1%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2522.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2022.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1652.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.752.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.162.6.12 ≤ v < 6.19.62.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1282.6.12 ≤ v < 7.02.6.12.1 ≤ v < 5.10.2525.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2025.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1656.13 ≤ v < 6.18.166.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1286.7 ≤ v < 6.12.751da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 2.6.12 2.6.12 rc2 2.6.12 rc3 2.6.12 rc4 2.6.12 rc5 2.6.12 rc6

Vendor states this is fixed in 67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.252 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.202 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.165 (unaffected)