CVE-2026-43160 (GCVE-0-2026-43160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 11:27 – Updated: 2026-05-06 11:27
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Title
mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex Initialize struct apple_smc's mutex in apple_smc_probe(). Using the mutex uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
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Linux Linux Affected: e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 , < a1e9e299c0d9ea42ab1067b39fb72e976d3f1bdb (git)
Affected: e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 , < 2d5932588f029f7787f52c29174fead9bbc6b2cf (git)
Affected: e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 , < 414f65d6736342c77d4ec5e7373039f4a09250dd (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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