{"id":"AZL-108623","summary":"CVE-2026-98657 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"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().","modified":"2026-10-19T14:16:49.017666148Z","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:19Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98657"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98657"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108623.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}