Use of Uninitialized Variable in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63934
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138722
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63934
CWE-ID: CWE-457
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access of uninitialized memory in the itg3200 triggered buffer handling path when processing i2c reads for all scan channels. A local user can read data from /dev/iio:deviceX to disclose sensitive information.
The non-buffered read_raw() path is unaffected.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-63934
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a0b3f33ffb6c78b3de6f69b026ceb09b973dd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31bbd4b87dd6701fa10e03ba7f6268e49e178d16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63203bd072b613c18c237b906b1c9d2dc4527337
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdc3023d62ed5c7d591f0eb27a5adb37fb892ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8654b5e2617819ff4f7c78071dfd0275e971a9b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e809376b0f0d1ddec2eec954aecdd2a5b40b0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64dd5f3b38911054cbcc570df617e3e8e75e562
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfc3283859cfdeacadf80d5e6880bdf871ffeaa6