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CVE-2026-72481
high
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak Currently in the AK8975 driver there are four instances where potential uninitialized kernel stack memory leaks can occur. If i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated() returns a value less than the size of the buffer, uninitialized bytes are retained in the buffer and later the buffer is passed on to IIO buffers, potentially leaking memory to userspace. Fix this by adding checks whether the return value of the function is equal to the size of the buffer and subsequently if the value is lesser than zero to distinguish from a returned error code.
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb27ebf81136e796c7b719303ef6fd7e1ae5d488
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b974566803bceb72f0b9b5f1d7270b79ba963766
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9cf46054f81972f8c0f1dc2a79d2a141999dbce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a00d727b7bbc5e913a919530a9dd468935bf95
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f920550abacedc7fc3163dea65ac2a7d0b0765d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf346074533356d67a6a6a43a192328ad341f11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d57672119525c59ed73ea21accb001ccbcd6cfd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12848f4ded022963944c063e09a192549a4dad1e