{"id":"CVE-2026-98657","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:19.013","lastModified":"2026-10-19T10:19:30.123","description":"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().","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}