Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2026-43221

Description

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.

No patches discovered yet.

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MediumCVSS v3.1

5.5/ 10

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.01%

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.36medium

CVE-2026-43221