SUSE CVE-2026-43160

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 applesmcread calls from the probe functions of...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43160

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex Initialize struct applesmc's mutex in applesmcprobe. Using the mutex uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL...

CVE-2026-43160

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 applesmcread calls from the probe functions of...

CVE-2026-43160

The vulnerability CVE-2026-43160 concerns the Linux kernel’s mfd: macsmc driver, where a mutex in struct apple_smc was not initialized in apple_smc_probe(). An uninitialized mutex can lead to occasional NULL pointer dereferences in apple_smc_read() invoked by probe() paths of subdevices. A patch ...

CVE-2026-43160 mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

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 applesmcread calls from the probe functions of...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Apple SMC component in the Mac OS X operating system is related to pointer assignment errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges or cause a service failure pointer assignment of zero...