CVE-2026-98668iio: buffer: Ensure bounce buffer used for unaligned case is zeroed.
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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.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 18, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6 before b5c2f21f645e40c70fda2a4283e6f2a81e5cb9f2; from 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6 before b134ef820610bd873c9d59999d9824710964ce82; 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6 builds before 3a87212b1a09a1fdd730ce5520f7b1fc0b488511; from 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6 before 5330036bc68d23672bfcc16c60c54701ae123083 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c2f21f645e40c70fda2a4283e6f2a81e5cb9f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b134ef820610bd873c9d59999d9824710964ce82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a87212b1a09a1fdd730ce5520f7b1fc0b488511
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5330036bc68d23672bfcc16c60c54701ae123083
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