CVE-2026-98657

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

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Published: October 18, 2026 at 03:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.54ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.113 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.56 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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