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Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-43221In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: initialise event handler read bytes IPMB doesn't use i2c reads, but the handler needs to set a value.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: initialise event handler read bytes IPMB doesn't use i2c reads, but the handler needs to set a value. Otherwise an i2c read will return an uninitialised value from the bus driver.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-908
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6; 7.0 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/102712417bb6aa9a00d852bc59cb0a276db486c4patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dfbc8c17dd161885336e77e71c336cd62cf6748patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d5c0557e53c4d8d92a619fa83eaae178165e07patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905554ebd76aeee370bfd5136ea11e0b9d75c6f1patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f235ccecd03c436cb1683eac16b12f119e54aa9patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f726b3a57e00bb6249c67714c11ae8b4b31719a1patch
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