# CVE-2024-57800: ALSA: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking

> A missing DMA mapping error check in the Linux kernel ALSA subsystem can trigger a kernel warning and potential instability when DMA API debugging is enabled.

- **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:** 11 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-57800, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57800, GHSA-c45j-9fj5-mfm9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57800

## What is CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 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: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking

With CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG enabled, the following warning is observed:

DMA-API: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x00000000ffff0000] [size=20480 bytes] [mapped as single]
WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 2255 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1036 check_unmap+0x1408/0x2430
CPU: 28 UID: 42 PID: 2255 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G  W L  6.12.0-10-133577cad6bf48e5a7848c4338124081393bfe8a+ #759
debug_dma_unmap_page+0xe9/0xf0
snd_dma_wc_free+0x85/0x130 [snd_pcm]
snd_pcm_lib_free_pages+0x1e3/0x440 [snd_pcm]
snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x1c9a/0x2960 [snd_pcm]
snd_pcm_ioctl+0x6a/0xc0 [snd_pcm]
...

Check for returned DMA addresses using specialized dma_mapping_error()
helper which is generally recommended for this purpose by
Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57800?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-57800?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-57800 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-57800 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-57800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 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-2024-57800 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-2024-57800/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57800/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57800
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57800
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57800

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.