Bug 2467172 (CVE-2026-43268) - CVE-2026-43268 kernel: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
Summary: CVE-2026-43268 kernel: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43268
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-05-06 13:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 23:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:08:28 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-05-06 23:54:44 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050609-CVE-2026-43268-2b56@gregkh/T
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.