CVE-2026-43122 (GCVE-0-2026-43122)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 11:27 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:18
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Title
ACPI: processor: Update cpuidle driver check in __acpi_processor_start()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: Update cpuidle driver check in __acpi_processor_start() Commit 7a8c994cbb2d ("ACPI: processor: idle: Optimize ACPI idle driver registration") moved the ACPI idle driver registration to acpi_processor_driver_init() and acpi_processor_power_init() does not register an idle driver any more. Accordingly, the cpuidle driver check in __acpi_processor_start() needs to be updated to avoid calling acpi_processor_power_init() without a cpuidle driver, in which case the registration of the cpuidle device in that function would lead to a NULL pointer dereference in __cpuidle_register_device().
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Linux Linux Affected: 7a8c994cbb2db3c5335cee35fd486557f5aaf7e1 , < 68f38f648e4b5bed2aeadd2f711e25302e6490f8 (git)
Affected: 7a8c994cbb2db3c5335cee35fd486557f5aaf7e1 , < 6cfed39c2ce64ac024bbde458a9727105e0b8c66 (git)
Affected: 7a8c994cbb2db3c5335cee35fd486557f5aaf7e1 , < 0089ce1c056aee547115bdc25c223f8f88c08498 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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