iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: fix iio_chan_spec for sensors without event detection
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71198
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ph76-p2v9-4hmx
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@33c683417232b9111e29458954529942137780a3, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c683417232b9111e29458954529942137780a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7673167fac9323110973a3300637adba7d45de3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d60ffcdedfe2cdb68a1cde19bb292bc67451629
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81ed6e42d6e555dd978c9dd5e3f7c20cb121221b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34e2e2d67b3bb8d5a6d09b0d6dac845cdd13fb3
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Sources
- CVE-2025-71198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-71198 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ph76-p2v9-4hmx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-71198 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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