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CVE-2024-38550: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference In kirkwood_dma_hw_params() mv_mbus_dram_info() returns NULL if CONFIG_PLAT_ORION macro is not defined. Fix this bug by adding NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.13.12 before 5.15.161; from 5.16 before 6.1.93; from 6.2 before 6.6.33; from 6.7 before 6.8.12; from 6.9 before 6.9.3 — fixed in 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802b49e39da669b54bd9b77dc3c649999a446bf6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48d0c5fd733bd6d8d3ddb2ed553777ab4724169
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9987cec6fde1dd41dfcb971433e05945852489
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea60ab95723f5738e7737b56dda95e6feefa5b50
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802b49e39da669b54bd9b77dc3c649999a446bf6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48d0c5fd733bd6d8d3ddb2ed553777ab4724169
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9987cec6fde1dd41dfcb971433e05945852489
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea60ab95723f5738e7737b56dda95e6feefa5b50

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