CVE-2026-43160

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43160
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43160.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43160
Downstream
Published
2026-05-06T11:27:39.223Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:30.311650383Z
Summary
mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

Initialize struct applesmc's mutex in applesmcprobe(). Using the mutex uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in applesmc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43160.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67
Fixed
a1e9e299c0d9ea42ab1067b39fb72e976d3f1bdb
Fixed
2d5932588f029f7787f52c29174fead9bbc6b2cf
Fixed
414f65d6736342c77d4ec5e7373039f4a09250dd

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43160.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.17.0
Fixed
6.18.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43160.json"