Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-43221
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.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords14 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 5.16.0, < 6.1.165+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.16.0, < 6.1.165
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/102712417bb6aa9a00d852bc59cb0a276db486c4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dfbc8c17dd161885336e77e71c336cd62cf6748nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d5c0557e53c4d8d92a619fa83eaae178165e07nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/905554ebd76aeee370bfd5136ea11e0b9d75c6f1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f235ccecd03c436cb1683eac16b12f119e54aa9nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f726b3a57e00bb6249c67714c11ae8b4b31719a1nvdPatch
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