CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-97418

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ALSA es18xx driver has a possible NULL pointer dereference during control creation. The snd_es18xx_mixer() function does not check if the control allocation succeeded, which under memory pressure could lead to a NULL pointer access.

Risk Assessment

A system crash due to NULL pointer dereference could lead to denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel patch that checks the control allocation 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: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup snd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores bookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add(). snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes can dereference a NULL control pointer. Check the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM on allocation failure.

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