Bug 2555052 (CVE-2026-98664)

Summary: CVE-2026-98664 kernel: iio: imu: adis16400: fix unprotected debugfs reads
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ADIS16400 driver. A local user with access to the debug file system (debugfs) could cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or kernel memory corruption due to a use-after-free condition. This issue occurs because the driver creates its serial number debugfs file without proper reference protection, allowing the underlying device structure to be freed during device unbinding while a read operation is actively in progress.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:51:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: imu: adis16400: fix unprotected debugfs reads

adis16400_serial_number_fops is open coded and never calls
debugfs_file_get(), so debugfs_remove_recursive() does not wait for a
read in progress and unbind frees the iio_dev underneath it.

Commit ae1d37a9bb4b ("iio: imu: adis16400: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE
instead of DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE") converted product_id and
flash_count to DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE, which protects itself, but
moved all three files to debugfs_create_file_unsafe().

serial_number prints three registers as "%.4x-%.4x-%.4x" and
DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE() formats a single u64, so it cannot be
converted without changing what the file returns. adis16475 and
adis16550 already use debugfs_create_file() for their open coded
files. Use it here too.