CVE-2021-46979

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-415

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= 8dedcc3eee3aceb37832176f0a1b03d5687acda3, < 11e1cae5da4096552f7c091476cbadbc0d1817da; >= 8dedcc3eee3aceb37832176f0a1b03d5687acda3, < ab6c935ba3a04317632f3b8b68675bdbaf395303; >= 8dedcc3eee3aceb37832176f0a1b03d5687acda3, < 901f84de0e16bde10a72d7eb2f2eb73fcde8fa1a
LinuxLinux5.11

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 28, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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