# CVE-2026-63967: iio: imu: st\_lsm6dsx: fix stack leak in tagged FIFO buffer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-07-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.9.5, fixed in 5.10
- Linux: 5.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: fix stack leak in tagged FIFO buffer The tagged FIFO path declares iio_buff on the stack with __aligned(8) but no initializer, but there is a hole in the structure, which will then leak to userspace as ST_LSM6DSX_SAMPLE_SIZE bytes (6) will be copied, but the space between that and the timestamp are not initialized. Commit c14edb4d0bdc ("iio:imu:st_lsm6dsx Fix alignment and data leak issues") moved the untagged FIFO path to a kzalloc'd buffer in hw->scan, but for the tagged path it only added the alignment qualifier and not the initializer :( Fix this by just zero-initializing the structure on the stack.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8d3c088b77b11782f2c3b97e37425be050e8de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe1a7f99e72ebd2880515332b79b8c256be22aca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/babf1943a40bb5669db57d30ca16c22504b18e07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42ac0bfb6a16617c62a59d53706579c7fadbfa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3147b303b8c7d9f91da4b849ece33b45048f5eaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6bb3a49c5f9de870ea95e69775df785728e3366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/890d0312d5f94be43eac21f5a34d3bccc60d051b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d8e9adaa63150ef7e833480b799d0bab83a276

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