CVE-2022-48992
kernel: ASoC: soc-pcm: Add NULL check in BE reparenting
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 21, 2024
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: soc-pcm: Add NULL check in BE reparenting
Add NULL check in dpcm_be_reparent API, to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error. The issue occurred in fuzzing test.
Statement
This issue is fixed in RHEL-9.2 and above (including 8.10):
in (rhel-9.2, rhel-9.3, rhel-9.4, rhel-9.5, rhel-9.6) ASoC: soc-pcm: Add NULL check in BE reparenting
in (rhel-8.8, rhel-8.9, rhel-8.10) ASoC: soc-pcm: Add NULL check in BE reparenting
Please note that while RHEL-9 kernel-rt still appears as affected, it has been fixed in the same RHSA as RHEL-9 kernel. This is because from RHEL-9.3 onwards, the kernel and kernel-rt fixes are bundled together in a single errata.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference