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CVE-2026-43268— hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于hfsplus中特殊inode未正确设置为S_IFREG类型，可能导致访问模式验证失败。

EPSS 0.16% · P5

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-43268

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于hfsplus中特殊inode未正确设置为S_IFREG类型，可能导致访问模式验证失败。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ~ dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5 -
Linux Linux 2.6.12 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-43268 (8)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-05-06 · 224 CVEs total

CVE-2026-43186 9.8 CRITICAL ipv6: ioam: fix heap buffer overflow in __ioam6_fill_trace_data()
CVE-2026-43185 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation()
CVE-2026-43125 9.8 CRITICAL dlm: validate length in dlm_search_rsb_tree
CVE-2026-43208 9.8 CRITICAL net: do not pass flow_id to set_rps_cpu()
CVE-2026-43198 9.8 CRITICAL tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()
CVE-2026-43114 9.4 CRITICAL netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry
CVE-2026-43117 9.1 CRITICAL btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from dentry in event btrfs_sync_file()
CVE-2026-43083 9.1 CRITICAL net: ioam6: fix OOB and missing lock
CVE-2026-43197 9.1 CRITICAL netconsole: avoid OOB reads, msg is not nul-terminated
CVE-2026-43232 8.8 HIGH net: wan: farsync: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by unfinished tasklets
CVE-2026-43215 8.8 HIGH cifs: Fix locking usage for tcon fields
CVE-2026-43112 8.8 HIGH fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath
CVE-2026-43113 8.8 HIGH wifi: wl1251: validate packet IDs before indexing tx_frames
CVE-2026-43187 8.8 HIGH xfs: delete attr leaf freemap entries when empty
CVE-2026-43110 8.8 HIGH wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events
CVE-2026-43283 8.8 HIGH net: ethernet: ec_bhf: Fix dma_free_coherent() dma handle
CVE-2026-43176 8.8 HIGH wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE
CVE-2026-43249 8.8 HIGH 9p/xen: protect xen_9pfs_front_free against concurrent calls
CVE-2026-43158 8.8 HIGH xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks
CVE-2026-43172 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing

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