VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-43160
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908