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CVE-2026-43160
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-06T12:16:33.997 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:49:02.847

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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