Out-of-bounds access in Linux kernel BMP280 frequency lookup
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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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
The Linux kernel from 6.1 is affected in the IIO BMP280 pressure driver. The sampling frequency write path treats the flattened element count as a row count, so it indexes past the end of the two-dimensional frequency table.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: pressure: bmp280: fix out-of-bounds access in sampling frequency lookup The sampling frequency tables store each frequency as an integer part and a fractional part in micro units. num_sampling_freq_avail is initialized to the number of flattened integer elements because read_avail() returns the table as a flat array. bmp280_write_sampling_frequency(), however, indexes the same table as a two-dimensional array and uses num_sampling_freq_avail as the number of rows. Convert the flattened element count back to the number of rows before iterating over the table.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Linux kernel fixed versions are 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10 and 7.3, so update to the fixed version for your release branch.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98660
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-mpqw-8x9x-wfxf
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@05ef1af381a0f4556c7e3c0dc6bc2428d16c707e, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@fed876157271fc4bc28b8739ad73642553a5920e · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed876157271fc4bc28b8739ad73642553a5920e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ef1af381a0f4556c7e3c0dc6bc2428d16c707e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9db6684fab228edd3b8861a172ccbce3236f027a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fd5a61e61d6899cbd45728a5fceba49a53c222d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dbb518f3328ebd9d5c6e970b4befad6deb5c7f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56c423b233b214182c58c99861899327b45b0d6c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98660 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98660 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mpqw-8x9x-wfxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98660 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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