CVE-2024-50160
ALSA: hda/cs8409: Fix possible NULL dereference
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/cs8409: Fix possible NULL dereference If snd_hda_gen_add_kctl fails to allocate memory and returns NULL, then NULL pointer dereference will occur in the next line. Since dolphin_fixups function is a hda_fixup function which is not supposed to return any errors, add simple check before dereference, ignore the fail. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Nov 7, 2024 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
20e507724113300794f16884e7e7507d9b4dec68 < 4e19aca8db696b6ba4dd8c73657405e15c695f14 20e507724113300794f16884e7e7507d9b4dec68 < 21dc97d5086fdabbe278786bb0a03cbf2e26c793 20e507724113300794f16884e7e7507d9b4dec68 < 8971fd61210d75fd2af225621cd2fcc87eb1847c 20e507724113300794f16884e7e7507d9b4dec68 < a5dd71a8b849626f42d08a5e73d382f2016fc7bc 20e507724113300794f16884e7e7507d9b4dec68 < c9bd4a82b4ed32c6d1c90500a52063e6e341517f
Linux / Linux
5.15
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e19aca8db696b6ba4dd8c73657405e15c695f14 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21dc97d5086fdabbe278786bb0a03cbf2e26c793 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8971fd61210d75fd2af225621cd2fcc87eb1847c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5dd71a8b849626f42d08a5e73d382f2016fc7bc git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9bd4a82b4ed32c6d1c90500a52063e6e341517f lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html