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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: fix iio_chan_spec for sensors without event detection The st_lsm6dsx_acc_channels array of struct iio_chan_spec has a non-NULL event_spec field, indicating support for IIO events. However, event detection is not supported for all sensors, and if userspace tries to configure accelerometer wakeup events on a sensor device that does not support them (e.g. LSM6DS0), st_lsm6dsx_write_event() dereferences a NULL pointer when trying to write to the wakeup register. Define an additional struct iio_chan_spec array whose members have a NULL event_spec field, and use this array instead of st_lsm6dsx_acc_channels for sensors without event detection capability.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-31 | Published 2026-02-04 | Updated 2026-02-09 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

b5969abfa8b8ed43ebd93479d394f664bd4a5a87 (git) before 7673167fac9323110973a3300637adba7d45de3a
affected

b5969abfa8b8ed43ebd93479d394f664bd4a5a87 (git) before 4d60ffcdedfe2cdb68a1cde19bb292bc67451629
affected

b5969abfa8b8ed43ebd93479d394f664bd4a5a87 (git) before 81ed6e42d6e555dd978c9dd5e3f7c20cb121221b
affected

b5969abfa8b8ed43ebd93479d394f664bd4a5a87 (git) before c34e2e2d67b3bb8d5a6d09b0d6dac845cdd13fb3
affected

Default status
affected

5.5
affected

Any version before 5.5
unaffected

6.6.122 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.68 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.8 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/7673167fac9323110973a3300637adba7d45de3a

git.kernel.org/...c/4d60ffcdedfe2cdb68a1cde19bb292bc67451629

git.kernel.org/...c/81ed6e42d6e555dd978c9dd5e3f7c20cb121221b

git.kernel.org/...c/c34e2e2d67b3bb8d5a6d09b0d6dac845cdd13fb3

cve.org (CVE-2025-71198)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-71198)

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