CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53275
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: hda: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due to data race in snd_hdac_regmap_sync()
The variable codec->regmap is often protected by the lock
codec->regmap_lock when is accessed. However, it is accessed without
holding the lock when is accessed in snd_hdac_regmap_sync():
if (codec->regmap)
In my opinion, this may be a harmful race, because if codec->regmap is
set to NULL right after the condition is checked, a null-pointer
dereference can occur in the called function regcache_sync():
map->lock(map->lock_arg); --> Line 360 in drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
To fix this possible null-pointer dereference caused by data race, the
mutex_lock coverage is extended to protect the if statement as well as the
function call to regcache_sync().
[ Note: the lack of the regmap_lock itself is harmless for the current
codec driver implementations, as snd_hdac_regmap_sync() is only for
PM runtime resume that is prohibited during the codec probe.
But the change makes the whole code more consistent, so it's merged
as is -- tiwai ]
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 5.4.255)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.192)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.128)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.47)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.4.12)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109f0aaa0b8838a88af9125b79579023539300a7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f4a08fed450db87fbb5ff5105354158bdbe1a22 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8703b26387e1fa4f8749db98d24c67617b873acb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f9eed451176ffcac6b5ba0f6dae1a6b4a1cb0eb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b32e40379e5b2814de0c4bc199edc2d82317dc07 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd412b528dee6e0851c4735d6676ec138da13a4 Patch