CVE-2022-49617 ASoC: Intel: sof_sdw: handle errors on card registration

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A missing cleanup in the Intel SOF audio driver causes kernel oopses during device bind/unbind tests, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-49617?

CVE-2022-49617 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: Intel: sof_sdw: handle errors on card registration

If the card registration fails, typically because of deferred probes, the device properties added for headset codecs are not removed, which leads to kernel oopses in driver bind/unbind tests.

We already clean-up the device properties when the card is removed, this code can be moved as a helper and called upon card registration errors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49617?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49617?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49617, GHSA-264c-vhxj-p55j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49617, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49617.

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