# iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98657`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98657`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 93ecee9ff3af4c2b482fdd4ec98c3308e8dd23a6` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 58e68e5272a319fff4a704df1ac41e9e3c69587c` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 4a564e39cb99234e8c5b0a39aa30edcc8cf4cf1b` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 2c8211eef98929c5188f8c2224e83b9a63b41bd1` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164` (git)
  - affected: `4ac4e086fd8c59e6b69089e6f7605500b63a6d17 to before 4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.5`
  - unaffected: `before 4.5` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98657](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98657)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98657](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98657)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93ecee9ff3af4c2b482fdd4ec98c3308e8dd23a6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e68e5272a319fff4a704df1ac41e9e3c69587c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a564e39cb99234e8c5b0a39aa30edcc8cf4cf1b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c8211eef98929c5188f8c2224e83b9a63b41bd1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06fa13c53442257b94ea1519555ceddaaea57e0d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ebd7f4e35c0a737f011bc83aeb0cdd37507648>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e462b47b9637b8c0285f4a38b5af9a322847d164>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daa9ca557b4b98ae1ad38a6d1deaa3e31eb8edf>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98657>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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