PT-2026-64709 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-64488 · Published 2026-07-25 · Updated 2026-07-25

Mitre

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: aoa: check snd ctl new1() return value

snd ctl new1() can return NULL when memory allocation fails. In layout.c, the function does not check the return value before dereferencing ctl->id.name or passing to aoa snd ctl add(), which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL checks after snd ctl new1() calls and return early if any fails.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-64488

Affected Products

Linux

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64488 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62624fe256b2d0d13454c78cbfc70ff5d954dc7 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47f2a341adbac001b6f5d0211b0cd1c1668637b · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee9c46fd2dcd529cef18e37636ee12f5c3dbedd · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0154ebc6dc552c389a574b1e221d728e10346e7 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73067e2bbf3775a495d9f38e38d0a3cf53ee790 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd786466889e4a6e6de0f4462bd0068edea63960 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5e8c4508d95af82f9b4d065f658e5476a8e9bc8 · Note