CVE-2026-43401 cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix NULL pointer dereference in update_cpu_qos_request()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: intelpstate: Fix NULL pointer dereference in updatecpuqosrequest The updatecpuqosrequest function attempts to initialize the 'freq' variable by dereferencing 'cpudata' before verifying if the 'policy' is valid. This issu...

CVE-2026-43401

The CVE-2026-43401 issue affects the Linux kernel's intel_pstate component. A NULL pointer dereference can occur in update_cpu_qos_request() when the code dereferences cpudata before validating the policy, especially on systems booted with nosmt where all_cpu_data[cpu] may be NULL for SMT sibling...