CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68089

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the IIO subsystem has an issue with uninitialized data in debugfs. If the *ppos argument is non-zero, simple_write_to_buffer() does not initialize the start of the buffer, potentially leading to exposure of uninitialized data. The fix adds a check at the beginning of the function and returns -EINVAL for non-zero *ppos values.

Risk Assessment

Uninitialized data in debugfs may lead to information leakage from kernel memory, posing a confidentiality risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that prevents the use of non-zero *ppos values and returns an error.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: core: fix uninitialized data in debugfs If *ppos is non-zero then simple_write_to_buffer() will not initialize the start of buf[]. Non zero values for *ppos aren't going to work anyway. Test for them at the start of the function and return -EINVAL.

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