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CVE-2026-98835

kernel: iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Fix array boundary check

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 18, 2026

Updated · October 24, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kionix KX022A accelerometer driver. A local user could trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) or kernel memory disclosure due to an off-by-one array bounds validation check when converting device register values to array indices. This flaw leads to an out-of-bounds read beyond the allocated buffer, potentially crashing the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read