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CVE-2026-43221

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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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f726b3a57e00bb6249c67714c11ae8b4b31719a1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f235ccecd03c436cb1683eac16b12f119e54aa9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905554ebd76aeee370bfd5136ea11e0b9d75c6f1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d5c0557e53c4d8d92a619fa83eaae178165e07

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dfbc8c17dd161885336e77e71c336cd62cf6748

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/102712417bb6aa9a00d852bc59cb0a276db486c4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-06

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024

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