CVE-2026-98668

CVE-2026-98668

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: buffer: Ensure bounce buffer used for unaligned case is zeroed.

iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned() leaks uninitialized heap memory

to userspace if the data passed in is not a multiple of 8 bytes and the

timestamp is enabled. Specify __GFP_ZERO for the devm_krealloc()

to ensure any extra space is cleared.

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: buffer: Ensure bounce buffer used for unaligned case is zeroed.
    cvelistv5
  • 18 OCT 15:44Z
    iio: buffer: Ensure bounce buffer used for unaligned case is zeroed.
    cvelistv5