CVE-2026-98669

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: serialize buffer teardown with mode claims Buffer-mode claims hold mlock to guarantee that the device remains in buffer mode until the claim is released. Normal buffer updates take info_exist_lock followed by mlock in iio_update_buffers(). However, iio_device_unregister() disables and deactivates all buffers without taking mlock. This can invalidate buffer state, including active_scan_mask, while a buffer-mode claim is held. Take mlock in iio_disable_all_buffers() so that unregister honors the mode-claim lifetime guarantee. The info_exist_lock -> mlock ordering matches iio_update_buffers().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63188d77e10c0951bf67da6c295f768fd1abf4b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b466db9e68b4741af85f6c017e2bb0a2f025053f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f3852a28fcf7bab599280cb082baa0675536db

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84bb0fc46ccf6a545b8fdf57cda83770186ed8dd

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-103923

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-18

Updated: 2026-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High