UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72481
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak Currently in the AK8975
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak
Currently in the AK8975 driver there are four instances where potential
uninitialized kernel stack memory leaks can occur. If
i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated() returns a value less than
the size of the buffer, uninitialized bytes are retained in the buffer
and later the buffer is passed on to IIO buffers, potentially leaking
memory to userspace.
Fix this by adding checks whether the return value of the function is
equal to the size of the buffer and subsequently if the value is
lesser than zero to distinguish from a returned error code.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12848f4ded022963944c063e09a192549a4dad1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d57672119525c59ed73ea21accb001ccbcd6cfd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf346074533356d67a6a6a43a192328ad341f11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f920550abacedc7fc3163dea65ac2a7d0b0765d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a00d727b7bbc5e913a919530a9dd468935bf95
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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