🛡️ CVE-2022-49268 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM Do not call snd_dma_free_pages() when snd_dma_alloc_pages() returns -ENOMEM because it leads to a NULL pointer dereference bug. The dmesg says: [ T1387] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: error: memory alloc failed: -12 [ T1387] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ T1387] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ T1387] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ T1387] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ T1387] CPU: 6 PID: 1387 Comm: alsa-sink-HDA A Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc4-superb-owl-00055-g80d47f5de5e3 [ T1387] Hardware name: HP HP Laptop 14s-dq2xxx/87FD, BIOS F.15 09/15/2021 [ T1387] RIP: 0010:dma_free_noncontiguous+0x37/0x80 [ T1387] Code: [... snip ...] [ T1387] RSP: 0000:ffffc90002b87770 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ T1387] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888101db30d0 [ T1387] RBP: 00000000fffffff4 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc90002b874d0 R12: 0000000000000001 [ T1387] R13: 0000000000058000 R14: ffff888105260c68 R15: ffff888105260828 [ T1387] FS: 00007f42e2ffd640(0000) GS:ffff888466b80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ T1387] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ T1387] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000014acf0003 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ T1387] PKRU: 55555554 [ T1387] Call Trace: [ T1387] <TASK> [ T1387] cl_stream_prepare+0x10a/0x120 [snd_sof_intel_hda_common 146addf995b9279ae7f509621078cccbe4f875e1] [... snip ...] [ T1387] </TASK>

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-49268 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 5.17.3-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49268 is recorded against 1 package.

  • linux (fixed in 5.17.3-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 February 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-02-26
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 5.17.3-1

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