Description
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().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29783e6b6ec0b7152a15e53a063f17537e81177d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff615fc455acda5425c4900160cbe11cfea4449 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5ed4f2c7c83f33344e0ba179f72a12e5dad4a4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9319c94f63ed10723afd738d79f5617daba87cc8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3763ae33476328cf8d661742deb9daec78eac96 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71893c57730809c222766e5718bb33610f11963 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2759d49860b9a39b5cde2fb88e4b822ddf5f58f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e965627f0d442bfcae3f496c90cb653fb0917a61 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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