GHSA-2VPQ-89RM-WM52
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-27 06:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: fix clear_pending_event for registerless devices
ad_sigma_delta_clear_pending_event() falls through to the status register read path for devices with has_registers = false and no rdy_gpiod. For such devices, ad_sd_read_reg() skips the address byte entirely and clocks raw MISO bytes with no address phase — making it byte-for-byte identical to reading conversion data. If a pending conversion result is present, this partially consumes it and corrupts the data stream for the subsequent ad_sd_read_reg() call in ad_sigma_delta_single_conversion().
Furthermore, with num_resetclks = 0 on these devices, data_read_len evaluates to 0. If the clocked byte has bit 7 clear, pending_event is set and the code attempts memset(data + 2, 0xff, 0 - 1), overflowing to SIZE_MAX and corrupting the heap.
Fix by returning 0 immediately when neither rdy_gpiod nor has_registers is set. This is safe for all current registerless devices: ad7191 and ad7780 (with powerdown GPIO) are reset between conversions by CS deassertion, so there is no stale result to drain; ad7780 (without powerdown GPIO) and max11205 are continuously-converting and cycle ~DRDY at the output data rate regardless of whether the previous result was read, so the next falling edge fires naturally.
A future registerless device that holds ~DRDY asserted until data is read would be broken by this early return and would require either num_resetclks set or a rdy-gpio.
The same heap corruption is reachable on any device with rdy_gpiod set but num_resetclks = 0: if the GPIO indicates a pending event, the drain path executes memset(data + 2, 0xff, 0 - 1) regardless of has_registers. Add an explicit data_read_len == 0 guard after the pending event check; the stale result is then consumed by the first ad_sd_read_reg() call in ad_sigma_delta_single_conversion().
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-64502"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-25T10:17:36Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: fix clear_pending_event for registerless devices\n\nad_sigma_delta_clear_pending_event() falls through to the status register\nread path for devices with has_registers = false and no rdy_gpiod. For\nsuch devices, ad_sd_read_reg() skips the address byte entirely and clocks\nraw MISO bytes with no address phase \u2014 making it byte-for-byte identical\nto reading conversion data. If a pending conversion result is present,\nthis partially consumes it and corrupts the data stream for the subsequent\nad_sd_read_reg() call in ad_sigma_delta_single_conversion().\n\nFurthermore, with num_resetclks = 0 on these devices, data_read_len\nevaluates to 0. If the clocked byte has bit 7 clear, pending_event is set\nand the code attempts memset(data + 2, 0xff, 0 - 1), overflowing to\nSIZE_MAX and corrupting the heap.\n\nFix by returning 0 immediately when neither rdy_gpiod nor has_registers\nis set. This is safe for all current registerless devices: ad7191 and\nad7780 (with powerdown GPIO) are reset between conversions by CS\ndeassertion, so there is no stale result to drain; ad7780 (without\npowerdown GPIO) and max11205 are continuously-converting and cycle ~DRDY\nat the output data rate regardless of whether the previous result was\nread, so the next falling edge fires naturally.\n\nA future registerless device that holds ~DRDY asserted until data is read\nwould be broken by this early return and would require either\nnum_resetclks set or a rdy-gpio.\n\nThe same heap corruption is reachable on any device with rdy_gpiod set\nbut num_resetclks = 0: if the GPIO indicates a pending event, the drain\npath executes memset(data + 2, 0xff, 0 - 1) regardless of has_registers.\nAdd an explicit data_read_len == 0 guard after the pending event check;\nthe stale result is then consumed by the first ad_sd_read_reg() call in\nad_sigma_delta_single_conversion().",
"id": "GHSA-2vpq-89rm-wm52",
"modified": "2026-07-27T06:30:40Z",
"published": "2026-07-25T12:31:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64502"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3394e0b3328422431cadaf314fa58d3717ed4936"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bceb26dfaf7ba805b459e41c1d0ba916862dade"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91bc6767a4f55dc470d8a56b55b9f2ea09094efe"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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