CVE-2024-53199 ASoC: imx-audmix: Add NULL check in imx_audmix_probe

What is CVE-2024-53199?

CVE-2024-53199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 2024. 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: imx-audmix: Add NULL check in imx_audmix_probe

devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in imx_audmix_probe() is not checked. Add NULL check in imx_audmix_probe(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53199?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53199?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-53199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-53199, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53199, GHSA-x7xx-q6m5-jw79, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53199.