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  "cveId": "CVE-2026-43401",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43401",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-43401 is fixed in 23 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-1514, released March 30, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix NULL pointer derefere...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix NULL pointer dereference in update_cpu_qos_request()  The update_cpu_qos_request() function attempts to initialize the \u0027freq\u0027 variable by dereferencing \u0027cpudata\u0027 before verifying if the \u0027policy\u0027 is valid.  This issue occurs on systems booted with the \u0022nosmt\u0022 parameter, where all_cpu_data[cpu] is NULL for the SMT sibling threads. As a result, any call to update_qos_requests() will result in a NULL pointer dereference as the code will attempt to access pstate.turbo_freq using the NULL cpudata pointer.  Also, pstate.turbo_freq may be updated by intel_pstate_get_hwp_cap() after initializing the \u0027freq\u0027 variable, so it is better to defer the \u0027freq\u0027 until intel_pstate_get_hwp_cap() has been called.  Fix this by deferring the \u0027freq\u0027 assignment until after the policy and driver_data have been validated.  [ rjw: Added one paragraph to the changelog ]",
  "published": "2026-03-30T09:00:00Z",
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  "epss": 0.00121,
  "epssPercentile": 0.01904,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
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