CVE-2026-98657 PUBLISHED

iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure

pm_runtime_set_active() failing in probe() jumps to error_unreg_buffer, which only calls iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup() -- it does not undo the iio_device_register() that already succeeded a few lines above. probe() then returns the error, the devm-managed indio_dev is freed, but the iio core still has it registered: the sysfs/chardev nodes stay live and point at freed memory.

Add an error_unreg_dev label that unregisters the iio device before falling through to the existing buffer cleanup, mirroring the teardown order already used in lidar_remove().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to 06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d (excl.)
  • affected from 4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to 20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164 (excl.)
  • affected from 4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to 4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.113 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.56 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc6 to * (incl.)

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