CVE-2026-98668
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IIO Buffer Uninitialized Memory Leak in Linux Kernel

Publication date: 2026-10-18

Last updated on: 2026-10-18

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
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.

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Published
2026-10-18
Last Modified
2026-10-18
Generated
2026-10-18
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-98668
EUVD
EUVD-2026-103922

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Linux Linux 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6
Linux Linux 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6
Linux Linux 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6
Linux Linux 95ec3fdf2b79eaff79e78688bbc2f7dbb98d68b6
Linux Linux 5.16

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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