CVE-2026-98671
kernel: iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: clean up on thermal zone registration failure
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 18, 2026
Updated · October 22, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the sun4i-gpadc-iio driver within the Linux kernel. When device initialization fails during thermal zone registration, the driver returns without unregistering the Industrial I/O (IIO) map or disabling runtime power management. A local user could trigger this failure path to cause a resource leak, potentially leading to system instability and a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 2.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime