CVE-2026-98656
Published Oct 18, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: trigger: cancel reenable_work before freeing trigger iio_trigger_notify_done_atomic() defers ->reenable() into trig->reenable_work on the system workqueue, and the worker dereferences the owning trigger through container_of(). Nothing cancels this work before iio_trig_release() frees the trigger, so a worker armed by the last in-flight IRQ can outlive the free and touch freed memory. Cancel it at the top of iio_trig_release(), which every free path reaches through the device core's final put_device(). Found by an in-house static analysis tool.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2026-98656? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: trigger: cancel reenable_work before freeing trigger
iio_trigger_notify_done_atomic() defers ->reenable() into
trig->reenable_work on the system workqueue, and the worker dereferences
the owning trigger through container_of(). Nothing cancels this work
before iio_trig_release() frees the trigger, so a worker armed by the
last in-flight IRQ can outlive the free and touch freed memory.
Cancel it at the top of iio_trig_release(), which every free path
reaches through the device core's final put_device().
Found by an in-house static analysis tool.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-98656? +
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