CVE-2026-23443

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/04/2026
Last modified:
03/04/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ACPI: processor: Fix previous acpi_processor_errata_piix4() fix<br /> <br /> After commi f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference<br /> in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()"), device pointers may be dereferenced<br /> after dropping references to the device objects pointed to by them,<br /> which may cause a use-after-free to occur.<br /> <br /> Moreover, debug messages about enabling the errata may be printed<br /> if the errata flags corresponding to them are unset.<br /> <br /> Address all of these issues by moving message printing to the points<br /> in the code where the errata flags are set.

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