CVE-2026-89938
iio: chemical: atlas-sensor: use iio_trigger_poll_nested() to fix remove UAF
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: chemical: atlas-sensor: use iio_trigger_poll_nested() to fix remove UAF
The atlas driver requests its hardware data-ready IRQ with devm_request_threaded_irq(); its threaded handler queues an irq_work, atlas_work_handler(), that calls iio_trigger_poll(data->trig).
The IRQ is devm-managed, so free_irq() runs from the devres unwind after atlas_remove() returns without flushing that irq_work. Once a buffer is enabled, conversion-complete IRQs keep firing and queueing it; a pending irq_work can therefore run after the unwind has freed atlas_data/indio_dev and the trigger, when atlas_work_handler() derives the atlas_data pointer via container_of() and dereferences data->trig, a use-after-free.
Call iio_trigger_poll_nested() directly from the threaded handler instead of bouncing through irq_work. free_irq() then drains the threaded handler, closing the window; other iio drivers with a threaded data-ready IRQ do the same (e.g. bmi270).
This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f64b437641b5a70c18bb0fd38da2b69d8926c871
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e12b0fbd7047d02bf4ef4dbc491b9ef0159250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2071624c3d0f497ca91da78858e6f30d7112fea6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30b0d44c978bbc857bd68b71dab371805653de70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be61c8c6252671ecf1fee0ad90f87669e0be1e20
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