Bug 2540524 (CVE-2026-97418) - CVE-2026-97418 kernel: ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup
Summary: CVE-2026-97418 kernel: ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97418
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-24 17:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 10:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:06:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup

snd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores
bookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add().
snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes
can dereference a NULL control pointer.

Check the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM
on allocation failure.


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