# CVE-2022-49515: ASoC: cs35l41: Fix an out-of-bounds access in otp_packed_element_t

> An out-of-bounds access in the CS35L41 audio codec driver can cause a kernel crash or undefined behavior during device probing.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2022-49515, GHSA-fc8v-p75r-m6jx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49515

## What is CVE-2022-49515?

CVE-2022-49515 is a high-severity memory corruption 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: cs35l41: Fix an out-of-bounds access in otp_packed_element_t

The CS35L41_NUM_OTP_ELEM is 100, but only 99 entries are defined in
the array otp_map_1/2[CS35L41_NUM_OTP_ELEM], this will trigger UBSAN
to report a shift-out-of-bounds warning in the cs35l41_otp_unpack()
since the last entry in the array will result in GENMASK(-1, 0).

UBSAN reports this problem:
 UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in /home/hwang4/build/jammy/jammy/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l41-lib.c:836:8
 shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int'
 CPU: 10 PID: 595 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.15.0-23-generic #23
 Hardware name: LENOVO \x02MFG_IN_GO/\x02MFG_IN_GO, BIOS N3GET19W (1.00 ) 03/11/2022
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  show_stack+0x52/0x58
  dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x5f
  dump_stack+0x10/0x12
  ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45
  __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds.cold+0x61/0xef
  ? regmap_unlock_mutex+0xe/0x10
  cs35l41_otp_unpack.cold+0x1c6/0x2b2 [snd_soc_cs35l41_lib]
  cs35l41_hda_probe+0x24f/0x33a [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41]
  cs35l41_hda_i2c_probe+0x65/0x90 [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41_i2c]
  ? cs35l41_hda_i2c_remove+0x20/0x20 [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41_i2c]
  i2c_device_probe+0x252/0x2b0

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49515?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49515?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49515 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49515 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-2022-49515 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49515 is a high-severity memory corruption 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-2022-49515 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-2022-49515/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49515/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49515
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49515
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49515

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