CVE-2021-46979
kernel: iio: core: fix ioctl handlers removal
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 28, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-415 · Double Free