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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-06 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 (git) before a1e9e299c0d9ea42ab1067b39fb72e976d3f1bdb
affected

e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 (git) before 2d5932588f029f7787f52c29174fead9bbc6b2cf
affected

e038d985c9823a12cd64fa077d0c5aca2c644b67 (git) before 414f65d6736342c77d4ec5e7373039f4a09250dd
affected

Default status
affected

6.17
affected

Any version before 6.17
unaffected

6.18.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.6 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/a1e9e299c0d9ea42ab1067b39fb72e976d3f1bdb

git.kernel.org/...c/2d5932588f029f7787f52c29174fead9bbc6b2cf

git.kernel.org/...c/414f65d6736342c77d4ec5e7373039f4a09250dd

cve.org (CVE-2026-43160)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43160)

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