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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-43268 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-43268
NVD Published Date:
05/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/06/2026
Source:
kernel.org