Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-46979
CVE-2021-46979
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: core: fix ioctl handlers removal
Currently ioctl handlers are removed twice. For the first time during iio_device_unregister() then later on inside iio_device_unregister_eventset() and iio_buffers_free_sysfs_and_mask(). Double free leads to kernel panic.
Fix this by not touching ioctl handlers list directly but rather letting code responsible for registration call the matching cleanup routine itself.
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