# CVE-2022-49268: ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by exhausting memory during audio driver initialization, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49268, GHSA-5mrv-659c-hrm7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49268

## What is CVE-2022-49268?

CVE-2022-49268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM

Do not call snd_dma_free_pages() when snd_dma_alloc_pages() returns
-ENOMEM because it leads to a NULL pointer dereference bug.

The dmesg says:

  [ T1387] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: error: memory alloc failed: -12
  [ T1387] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
  [ T1387] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  [ T1387] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  [ T1387] PGD 0 P4D 0
  [ T1387] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
  [ T1387] CPU: 6 PID: 1387 Comm: alsa-sink-HDA A Tainted: G        W         5.17.0-rc4-superb-owl-00055-g80d47f5de5e3
  [ T1387] Hardware name: HP HP Laptop 14s-dq2xxx/87FD, BIOS F.15 09/15/2021
  [ T1387] RIP: 0010:dma_free_noncontiguous+0x37/0x80
  [ T1387] Code: [... snip ...]
  [ T1387] RSP: 0000:ffffc90002b87770 EFLAGS: 00010246
  [ T1387] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
  [ T1387] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888101db30d0
  [ T1387] RBP: 00000000fffffff4 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
  [ T1387] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc90002b874d0 R12: 0000000000000001
  [ T1387] R13: 0000000000058000 R14: ffff888105260c68 R15: ffff888105260828
  [ T1387] FS:  00007f42e2ffd640(0000) GS:ffff888466b80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [ T1387] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [ T1387] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000014acf0003 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
  [ T1387] PKRU: 55555554
  [ T1387] Call Trace:
  [ T1387]  <TASK>
  [ T1387]  cl_stream_prepare+0x10a/0x120 [snd_sof_intel_hda_common 146addf995b9279ae7f509621078cccbe4f875e1]
  [... snip ...]
  [ T1387]  </TASK>

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49268?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49268?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49268 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49268/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49268
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49268
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49268

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