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CVE-2024-42074: ASoC: amd: acp: add a null check for chip_pdev structure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: amd: acp: add a null check for chip_pdev structure When acp platform device creation is skipped, chip->chip_pdev value will remain NULL. Add NULL check for chip->chip_pdev structure in snd_acp_resume() function to avoid null pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6; from 6.6.1 before 6.6.37; from 6.7 before 6.9.8 — fixed in 6.6, 6.6.37, 6.9.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6, 6.6.37, 6.9.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98d919dfee1cc402ca29d45da642852d7c9a2301
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c39ae1cc86afe74aa2f6273ccb514f8d180cf6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e158ed266fc1adfa456880fb6dabce2e5623843b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98d919dfee1cc402ca29d45da642852d7c9a2301
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c39ae1cc86afe74aa2f6273ccb514f8d180cf6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e158ed266fc1adfa456880fb6dabce2e5623843b

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