Bug 2540430 (CVE-2026-97414)

Summary:	CVE-2026-97414 kernel: ASoC: mediatek: mt8365-afe-pcm: fix possible NULL-pointer dereferences in mt8365_afe_suspend()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's MediaTek audio driver. When suspending the audio device, the driver fails to verify whether memory allocation for the register backup buffer succeeded before accessing it. A local user capable of triggering power management operations during low-memory conditions can cause an invalid memory access (NULL pointer dereference), resulting in a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:47:15 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: mediatek: mt8365-afe-pcm: fix possible NULL-pointer dereferences in mt8365_afe_suspend()

mt8365_afe_suspend() allocates the register backup buffer with
devm_kcalloc(), but does not check for allocation failure before using the
returned pointer. This may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when
accessing afe->reg_back_up[i].

Add the missing NULL check and return -ENOMEM on allocation failure after
disabling the main clock.

Also propagate the return value of mt8365_afe_suspend() in
mt8365_afe_dev_runtime_suspend() so that the suspended state is not updated
when suspend fails.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-09-29 10:23:26 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97414.mbox