CVE-2022-49617

A flaw was found in the Intel SoundWire (sof_sdw) driver within the Linux kernel's ASoC subsystem. When a sound card registration fails, often due to deferred probing, the driver does not clean up associated device properties for headset codecs. This incomplete cleanup can lead to kernel crashes during subsequent device binding or unbinding operations.

The underlying issue stems from the absence of proper error-handling logic in the registration process. A fix was introduced by adding a helper function that ensures all device properties are removed correctly, both during normal removal and when registration fails.

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