CVE-2026-98680: iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Prevent memory leak and fix state
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 2ef953f7b54e1460718116b4c0a4c63b106348fc, 5c7ca8fe72064c1c3c7a7418031f692bb2bff260, e3bc345d08639e62b629e0ec0799f7fb45e21372.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2ef953f7b54e1460718116b4c0a4c63b106348fc, 5c7ca8fe72064c1c3c7a7418031f692bb2bff260, e3bc345d08639e62b629e0ec0799f7fb45e21372 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Prevent memory leak and fix state The driver allocates memory for samples at buffer enable path. If regmap operation fails in the kx022a_fifo_enable() at the buffer enable path, the allocated memory is never freed. Furthermore, the state information and previous hardware configuration(s) aren't undone, potentially leaving WMI interrupts and buffers enabled, or driver state flags wrong. Free the memory and revert the hardware configuration and state flags on error path.
- Published
- Oct 18, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.7affected
- e7123a4dfcd732c4d10620748588e3715f362802 and later · before e3bc345d08639e62b629e0ec0799f7fb45e21372affected · git
- e7123a4dfcd732c4d10620748588e3715f362802 and later · before 5c7ca8fe72064c1c3c7a7418031f692bb2bff260affected · git
- e7123a4dfcd732c4d10620748588e3715f362802 and later · before 2ef953f7b54e1460718116b4c0a4c63b106348fcaffected · git
- e7123a4dfcd732c4d10620748588e3715f362802 and later · before e65e128b51a37dd1a9056ac3d1705d805a5c8bb0affected · git
- before 6.7not affected · semver
- 6.12.113 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.56 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 7.2.10 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
- 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux-6.12 | before 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.113-1 | 6.12.113-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.10-1 | 7.2.10-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-98678Oct 18, 2026 · iio: adc: ad4030: fix invalid oversampling_ratio validation0Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-98679Oct 18, 2026 · iio: accel: kxcjk-1013: reject duplicate event disable0Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-98681Oct 18, 2026 · smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races0Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 2ef953f7b54e1460718116b4c0a4c63b106348fc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 5c7ca8fe72064c1c3c7a7418031f692bb2bff260 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e3bc345d08639e62b629e0ec0799f7fb45e21372 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e65e128b51a37dd1a9056ac3d1705d805a5c8bb0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.113-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux-6.12 | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 7, 2026+20 d
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Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
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Weakness class (CWE)
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Attack context
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Change log
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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