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CVE-2026-64488

ALSA: aoa: check snd_ctl_new1() return value PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: aoa: check snd_ctl_new1() return value snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL when memory allocation fails. In layout.c, the function does not check the return value before dereferencing ctl->id.name or passing to aoa_snd_ctl_add(), which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL checks after snd_ctl_new1() calls and return early if any fails.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before b0154ebc6dc552c389a574b1e221d728e10346e7; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before d62624fe256b2d0d13454c78cbfc70ff5d954dc7; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before e5e8c4508d95af82f9b4d065f658e5476a8e9bc8; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before 2ee9c46fd2dcd529cef18e37636ee12f5c3dbedd; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before d73067e2bbf3775a495d9f38e38d0a3cf53ee790; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before fd786466889e4a6e6de0f4462bd0068edea63960; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before e47f2a341adbac001b6f5d0211b0cd1c1668637b; affected f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 before 8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0
Linux / Linuxaffected 2.6.18; unaffected 0 before 2.6.18; unaffected 5.10.261 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.212 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.178 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.145 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.97 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.39 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.4 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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