A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's sound/hda device driver in snd_hdac_regmap_sync() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's sound/hda device driver in snd_hdac_regmap_sync()     function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or     denial of service issue. (CVE-2024-23196)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
332299	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0101	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
228037	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-23196	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
204585	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2023-5.0-0101	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2024-23196

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Tenable Plugins

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