PT-2026-37505 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2026-43165

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A resource leak exists in the Nuvoton hwmon driver. The nct7363 present pwm fanin() function fails to call of node put() after using of parse phandle with args(), which is required to release the device node reference.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43165

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43165 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4923bbff0bcffe488b3aa76829c829bd15b02585 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cde3ddd12ad7d0e6b5a3e0ea3914a9a778adf4 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb99b58763a95e20b214fc1dd86837ae00a400b7 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43165 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/2052320790868079099 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/4923bbff0bcffe488b3aa76829c829bd15b02585 · Note