CVE-2026-98835
kernel: iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Fix array boundary check
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read