Bug 2426063 (CVE-2023-54245)

Summary: CVE-2023-54245 kernel: ASoC: codecs: tx-macro: Fix for KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-30 13:06:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: codecs: tx-macro: Fix for KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds

When we run syzkaller we get below Out of Bound.
    "KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in regcache_flat_read"

    Below is the backtrace of the issue:

    dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4c8
    show_stack+0x34/0x44
    dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x118
    print_address_description+0x30/0x2d8
    kasan_report+0x158/0x198
    __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x44/0x50
    regcache_flat_read+0x10c/0x110
    regcache_read+0xf4/0x180
    _regmap_read+0xc4/0x278
    _regmap_update_bits+0x130/0x290
    regmap_update_bits_base+0xc0/0x15c
    snd_soc_component_update_bits+0xa8/0x22c
    snd_soc_component_write_field+0x68/0xd4
    tx_macro_digital_mute+0xec/0x140

    Actually There is no need to have decimator with 32 bits.
    By limiting the variable with short type u8 issue is resolved.