{"id":"CVE-2026-43332","title":"thermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path\n\nIf thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after registering\na thermal zone device, it needs to …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 335176dd8ebaca6493807dceea33c478305667fa < 9e796001af97a1f7368d5114b7a8533dd98d797a","Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 604da9c04c218362e1c1457304ebeb9c199d537c","Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < c4c7219e93319bba9ba0765dee597784c78f63c5","Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 4d390f0e507dfb16d58f83a58d78d1150dc8b9d7","Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 9e07e3b81807edd356e1f794cffa00a428eff443","Linux 02871710b93058eb1249d5847c0b2d1c2c3c98ae","Linux >= 6.6.14 < 6.6.134","Linux >= 6.7.2 < 6.8","Linux 6.8"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-16T15:16:27.233039Z"},"published":"2026-05-08","updated":"2026-10-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-16T15:20:39.049Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43332","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e796001af97a1f7368d5114b7a8533dd98d797a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/604da9c04c218362e1c1457304ebeb9c199d537c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c7219e93319bba9ba0765dee597784c78f63c5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d390f0e507dfb16d58f83a58d78d1150dc8b9d7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e07e3b81807edd356e1f794cffa00a428eff443"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00129,"epssPercentile":0.02257,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-16T17:24:46.692Z","slug":"CVE-2026-43332","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path\n\nIf thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after registering\na thermal zone device, it needs to wait for the tz->removal completion\nlike thermal_zone_device_unregister(), in case user space has managed\nto take a reference to the thermal zone device's kobject, in which case\nthermal_release() may not be called by the error path itself and tz may\nbe freed prematurely.\n\nAdd the missing wait_for_completion() call to the thermal zone device\nregistration error path.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 335176dd8ebaca6493807dceea33c478305667fa < 9e796001af97a1f7368d5114b7a8533dd98d797a`\n- `Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 604da9c04c218362e1c1457304ebeb9c199d537c`\n- `Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < c4c7219e93319bba9ba0765dee597784c78f63c5`\n- `Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 4d390f0e507dfb16d58f83a58d78d1150dc8b9d7`\n- `Linux >= 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea < 9e07e3b81807edd356e1f794cffa00a428eff443`\n- `Linux 02871710b93058eb1249d5847c0b2d1c2c3c98ae`\n- `Linux >= 6.6.14 < 6.6.134`\n- `Linux >= 6.7.2 < 6.8`\n- `Linux 6.8`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}