{"cve":"CVE-2026-98657","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:19.013","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:34.423","status":"Received","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().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c8211eef98929c5188f8c2224e83b9a63b41bd1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98657","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05965,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}