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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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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. | |
| Title | iio: trigger: cancel reenable_work before freeing trigger | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:44:07.883Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.362Z
Link: CVE-2026-98656
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:18.907
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:18.907
Link: CVE-2026-98656
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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