---
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:

  thermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path

  If thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after registering
  a 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'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path

If thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after registering
a thermal zone device, it needs to wait for the tz->removal completion
like thermal_zone_device_unregister(), in case user space has managed
to take a reference to the thermal zone device's kobject, in which case
thermal_release() may not be called by the error path itself and tz may
be freed prematurely.

Add the missing wait_for_completion() call to the thermal zone device
registration error path.

## 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`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.