CVE-2026-98657

CVE-2026-98657

published October 18, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure

pm_runtime_set_active() failing in probe() jumps to error_unreg_buffer,

which only calls iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup() -- it does not undo the

iio_device_register() that already succeeded a few lines above. probe()

then returns the error, the devm-managed indio_dev is freed, but the

iio core still has it registered: the sysfs/chardev nodes stay live and

point at freed memory.

Add an error_unreg_dev label that unregisters the iio device before

falling through to the existing buffer cleanup, mirroring the teardown

order already used in lidar_remove().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.7th percentile
Published
2026-10-18T20:17Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 18 OCT 15:44Z
    iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure
    cvelistv5
  • 18 OCT 15:44Z
    iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure
    cvelistv5