---
id: "CVE-2026-98659"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-98659"]
title: "Linux kernel: rohm-bm1390 pressure driver ignores failed reads"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["iio", "infrastructure", "linux-kernel", "rohm-bm1390"]
not_affected_if: ["no-bm1390-sensor"]
published_at: "2026-10-18T16:17:19+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T05:19:31+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98659", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00"}]
---

# Linux kernel: rohm-bm1390 pressure driver ignores failed reads

The IIO pressure driver for the ROHM BM1390 sensor discarded its cached error value and always returned success, so a failed measurement looked like valid data. The fix makes the read path return the real error code after stopping the measurement.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98659

## From the sources

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: pressure: rohm-bm1390: Return error when read fails

The data reading function ignores the cached error value, and
unconditionally returns 0. Return cached 'ret' -value after stopping
the measurement so user knows if read failed and data is garbage.

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