CVE-2026-97418

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88c24b76f285df9d206751e22c28e2613258cb3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00166