Linux Kernel up to 6.12.74/6.18.13/6.19.3 iio privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.74/6.18.13/6.19.3 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component iio. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-46326. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.74/6.18.13/6.19.3. This issue affects an unknown part of the component iio. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: pressure: mprls0025pa: fix spi_transfer struct initialisation Make sure that the spi_transfer struct is zeroed out before use.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-46326 since 05/13/2026. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/09/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.12.75, 6.18.14 or 6.19.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 72158f9ae29a9e56d0f9704ce461a866feaf9925/664ffdf34c01810085e4d85508b361c3fdd2ab40/9080c7ac30f5f8f8fcb7b27b56df60fea7909c21/1e0ac56c92e26115cbc8cfc639843725cb3a7d6a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
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• 6.12.67
• 6.12.68
• 6.12.69
• 6.12.70
• 6.12.71
• 6.12.72
• 6.12.73
• 6.12.74
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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