CVE-2022-50049
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Publication date: 2025-06-18

Last updated on: 2025-11-13

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: DPCM: Don't pick up BE without substream When DPCM tries to add valid BE connections at dpcm_add_paths(), it doesn't check whether the picked BE actually supports for the given stream direction. Due to that, when an asymmetric BE stream is present, it picks up wrongly and this may result in a NULL dereference at a later point where the code assumes the existence of a corresponding BE substream. This patch adds the check for the presence of the substream for the target BE for avoiding the problem above. Note that we have already some fix for non-existing BE substream at commit 6246f283d5e0 ("ASoC: dpcm: skip missing substream while applying symmetry"). But the code path we've hit recently is rather happening before the previous fix. So this patch tries to fix at picking up a BE instead of parsing BE lists.
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Published
2025-06-18
Last Modified
2025-11-13
Generated
2026-05-07
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2025-06-18
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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CVE-2022-50049
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Showing 2 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)
linux linux_kernel 6.0
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CWE ID Description
CWE-476 The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability occurs in the Linux kernel's ASoC DPCM component. When DPCM tries to add valid backend (BE) connections, it does not check if the selected BE supports the given stream direction. As a result, if an asymmetric BE stream is present, it may select an incorrect BE, potentially causing a NULL pointer dereference later when the code assumes the BE substream exists. The fix involves adding a check to ensure the BE substream is present before selecting it.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel, which may cause system instability or crashes. Such crashes could disrupt audio processing or other kernel operations relying on the ASoC DPCM subsystem, potentially affecting system reliability.


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