CVE-2024-38551

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
19/06/2024
Last modified:
27/08/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ASoC: mediatek: Assign dummy when codec not specified for a DAI link<br /> <br /> MediaTek sound card drivers are checking whether a DAI link is present<br /> and used on a board to assign the correct parameters and this is done<br /> by checking the codec DAI names at probe time.<br /> <br /> If no real codec is present, assign the dummy codec to the DAI link<br /> to avoid NULL pointer during string comparison.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.3 (including) 6.6.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.8.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.9 (including) 6.9.3 (excluding)