# CVE-2022-50773: ALSA: mts64: fix possible null-ptr-defer in snd_mts64_interrupt

> A local attacker with high privileges can trigger a kernel null pointer dereference in the ALSA mts64 driver, causing a system crash.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50773, GHSA-cxg4-pr38-gg9p, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50773

## What is CVE-2022-50773?

CVE-2022-50773 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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:

ALSA: mts64: fix possible null-ptr-defer in snd_mts64_interrupt

I got a null-ptr-defer error report when I do the following tests
on the qemu platform:

make defconfig and CONFIG_PARPORT=m, CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m,
CONFIG_SND_MTS64=m

Then making test scripts:
cat>test_mod1.sh<<EOF
modprobe snd-mts64
modprobe snd-mts64
EOF

Executing the script, perhaps several times, we will get a null-ptr-defer
report, as follow:

syzkaller:~# ./test_mod.sh
snd_mts64: probe of snd_mts64.0 failed with error -5
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'snd_mts64': No such device
 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
 CPU: 0 PID: 205 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc8-00588-g76dcd734eca2 #6
 Call Trace:
  <IRQ>
  snd_mts64_interrupt+0x24/0xa0 [snd_mts64]
  parport_irq_handler+0x37/0x50 [parport]
  __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x39/0x190
  handle_irq_event_percpu+0xa/0x30
  handle_irq_event+0x2f/0x50
  handle_edge_irq+0x99/0x1b0
  __common_interrupt+0x5d/0x100
  common_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0
  </IRQ>
  <TASK>
  asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
 RIP: 0010:_raw_write_unlock_irqrestore+0x11/0x30
  parport_claim+0xbd/0x230 [parport]
  snd_mts64_probe+0x14a/0x465 [snd_mts64]
  platform_probe+0x3f/0xa0
  really_probe+0x129/0x2c0
  __driver_probe_device+0x6d/0xc0
  driver_probe_device+0x1a/0xa0
  __device_attach_driver+0x7a/0xb0
  bus_for_each_drv+0x62/0xb0
  __device_attach+0xe4/0x180
  bus_probe_device+0x82/0xa0
  device_add+0x550/0x920
  platform_device_add+0x106/0x220
  snd_mts64_attach+0x2e/0x80 [snd_mts64]
  port_check+0x14/0x20 [parport]
  bus_for_each_dev+0x6e/0xc0
  __parport_register_driver+0x7c/0xb0 [parport]
  snd_mts64_module_init+0x31/0x1000 [snd_mts64]
  do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1f0
  do_init_module+0x46/0x1c6
  load_module+0x1d8d/0x1e10
  __do_sys_finit_module+0xa2/0xf0
  do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
  </TASK>
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
 Rebooting in 1 seconds..

The mts wa not initialized during interrupt,  we add check for
mts to fix this bug.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50773?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50773?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50773 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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-2022-50773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50773

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