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CVE-2026-63930

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: hw-consumer: fix use-after-free in error path In the err_put_buffers cleanup…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: hw-consumer: fix use-after-free in error path In the err_put_buffers cleanup path of iio_hw_consumer_alloc(), the code was using list_for_each_entry() to iterate through buffers while calling iio_buffer_put() which can free the current buffer if refcount drops to 0. The list_for_each_entry() loop macro then evaluates buf->head.next to continue iteration, accessing the freed buffer. Fix this by using list_for_each_entry_safe().

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-19 16:17
Modified: 2026-10-30 14:28
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 14:40 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥4.16 <5.10.259, ≥5.11 <5.15.210, ≥5.16 <6.1.176, ≥6.2 <6.6.143, ≥6.7 <6.12.93, ≥6.13 <6.18.35

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29783e6b6ec0b7152a15e53a063f17537e81177d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff615fc455acda5425c4900160cbe11cfea4449
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5ed4f2c7c83f33344e0ba179f72a12e5dad4a4
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9319c94f63ed10723afd738d79f5617daba87cc8
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3763ae33476328cf8d661742deb9daec78eac96
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71893c57730809c222766e5718bb33610f11963
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2759d49860b9a39b5cde2fb88e4b822ddf5f58f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e965627f0d442bfcae3f496c90cb653fb0917a61

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 14:40 UTC · record ↗

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