CVE-2026-98657 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1

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  "id": "0da505efd26c3f55558279562c4f5735ff97965ee3ca95a48d61bcf481ff5ca1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-108623",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2026-98657 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure pm_runtime_set_active() failing in probe() jumps to error_unreg_buffer, which only calls iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup() -- it does not undo the iio_device_register() that already succeeded a few lines above. probe() then returns the error, the devm-managed indio_dev is freed, but the iio core still has it registered: the sysfs/chardev nodes stay live and point at freed memory. Add an error_unreg_dev label that unregisters the iio device before falling through to the existing buffer cleanup, mirroring the teardown order already used in lidar_remove().",
    "evidence": "osv:AZL-108623",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kernel",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "AZL-108623",
      "aliases": [
        "AZL-108623"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6.6.157.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "kernel",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel",
            "ecosystem": "Azure Linux:3"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108623.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T05:36:16Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-98657"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98657"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-98657",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460391,
  "published_at": "2026-10-18T16:17:19+00:00"
}