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  "details": "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 wait for the tz-\u003eremoval 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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-43332",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:36.032422498Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T13:31:19.460Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43332"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "thermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path"
}