High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2026· Updated Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-63930
CVE-2026-63930
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
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 4.16.0, < 5.10.259+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.16.0, < 5.10.259
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29783e6b6ec0b7152a15e53a063f17537e81177dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff615fc455acda5425c4900160cbe11cfea4449nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5ed4f2c7c83f33344e0ba179f72a12e5dad4a4nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9319c94f63ed10723afd738d79f5617daba87cc8nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3763ae33476328cf8d661742deb9daec78eac96nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71893c57730809c222766e5718bb33610f11963nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2759d49860b9a39b5cde2fb88e4b822ddf5f58fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e965627f0d442bfcae3f496c90cb653fb0917a61nvd
News mentions
1- Linux Kernel: 25 Vulnerabilities Across Subsystems Disclosed and Patched TogetherVypr Intelligence · Jul 20, 2026