CVE-2026-64488

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < b0154ebc6dc552c389a574b1e221d728e10346e7affected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < d62624fe256b2d0d13454c78cbfc70ff5d954dc7affected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < e5e8c4508d95af82f9b4d065f658e5476a8e9bc8affected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < 2ee9c46fd2dcd529cef18e37636ee12f5c3dbeddaffected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < d73067e2bbf3775a495d9f38e38d0a3cf53ee790affected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < fd786466889e4a6e6de0f4462bd0068edea63960affected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < e47f2a341adbac001b6f5d0211b0cd1c1668637baffected
LinuxLinuxf3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 < 8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0affected
LinuxLinux2.6.18affected
LinuxLinux0 < 2.6.18unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.261 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.212 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.178 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.145 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.97 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.39 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.4 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2-rc1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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