Bug 2169352 - kernel: max98373_i2c_probe in sound/soc/codecs/max98373-i2c.c lacks check of the return value of devm_kcalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: kernel: max98373_i2c_probe in sound/soc/codecs/max98373-i2c.c lacks check of ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2169353
Blocks: 2167953
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Reported: 2023-02-13 11:54 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2026-03-02 18:23 UTC (History)
38 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Linux kernel 6.1-rc8
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Last Closed: 2023-02-14 21:42:27 UTC
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Description Alex 2023-02-13 11:54:04 UTC 
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8.
max98373_i2c_probe in sound/soc/codecs/max98373-i2c.c
lacks check of the return value of devm_kcalloc() and will
cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.

Reference:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60591bbf6d5eb44f275eb733943b7757325c1b60
Comment 1 Alex 2023-02-13 11:54:26 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169353]
Comment 3 Justin M. Forbes 2023-03-01 19:29:05 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.0.11 stable kernel updates.
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