CVE-2023-52736

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.169 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ALSA HDA Codec Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: Do not unset preset when cleaning up codec Several functions that take part in codec's initialization and removal are re-used by ASoC codec drivers implementations. Drivers mimic the behavior of hda_codec_driver_probe/remove() found in sound/pci/hda/hda_bind.c with their component->probe/remove() instead. One of the reasons for that is the expectation of snd_hda_codec_device_new() to receive a valid pointer to an instance of struct snd_card. This expectation can be met only once sound card components probing commences. As ASoC sound card may be unbound without codec device being actually removed from the system, unsetting ->preset in snd_hda_codec_cleanup_for_unbind() interferes with module unload -> load scenario causing null-ptr-deref. Preset is assigned only once, during device/driver matching whereas ASoC codec driver's module reloading may occur several times throughout the lifetime of an audio stack.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 4.1
Linux/Linux 4.1
Linux/Linux 5.10.169 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.95 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.13 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 9a6246ff78ac33af78f82704cde6fec361597eea - 427ca2530da8dc61a42620d7113b05e187b6c2c0
Linux/Linux 9a6246ff78ac33af78f82704cde6fec361597eea - 7fc4e7191eae9d9325511e03deadfdb2224914f8
Linux/Linux 9a6246ff78ac33af78f82704cde6fec361597eea - 87978e6ad45a16835cc58234451111091be3c59a
Linux/Linux 9a6246ff78ac33af78f82704cde6fec361597eea - e909f5f2aa55a8f9aa6919cce08015cb0e8d4668
... and 2 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026