Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-64498
CVE-2026-64498
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: buffer: hw-consumer: free scan_mask on buffer release
The scan_mask lifetime changed in commit 9a2e1233d38c ("iio: buffer: hw-consumer: remove redundant scan_mask flexible array").
Before that change, the scan mask storage was embedded in struct hw_consumer_buffer, so iio_hw_buf_release() could free the whole allocation with a single kfree(hw_buf).
That commit moved the scan mask to a separate bitmap_zalloc() allocation stored in buffer.scan_mask, but left iio_hw_buf_release() unchanged.
Free the scan mask in iio_hw_buf_release() before freeing the buffer wrapper.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.7-1.1
Patches
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