CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64486

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the ALSA cmipci driver, snd_cmipci_spdif_controls() does not check the return value of snd_ctl_new1(), which can return NULL, leading to NULL pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

Memory pressure can cause a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that adds NULL checks after snd_ctl_new1() calls and returns -ENOMEM on failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: cmipci: check snd_ctl_new1() return value snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL when memory allocation fails. snd_cmipci_spdif_controls() does not check the return value before dereferencing kctl->id.device, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL checks after snd_ctl_new1() calls and return -ENOMEM if any fails.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS