{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98657","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.362Z","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:44:09.808Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:55:24.941Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:55:24.941Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure\n\npm_runtime_set_active() failing in probe() jumps to error_unreg_buffer,\nwhich only calls iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup() -- it does not undo the\niio_device_register() that already succeeded a few lines above. probe()\nthen returns the error, the devm-managed indio_dev is freed, but the\niio core still has it registered: the sysfs/chardev nodes stay live and\npoint at freed memory.\n\nAdd an error_unreg_dev label that unregisters the iio device before\nfalling through to the existing buffer cleanup, mirroring the teardown\norder already used in lidar_remove()."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17","lessThan":"2c8211eef98929c5188f8c2224e83b9a63b41bd1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17","lessThan":"06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17","lessThan":"20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17","lessThan":"e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17","lessThan":"4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.113","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.56","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.10","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.160"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.113"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.56"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c8211eef98929c5188f8c2224e83b9a63b41bd1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf"}],"title":"iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}