CVE-2022-49268 | ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM

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>

Published: 2025-02-26 Last update: 2025-09-22 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-49268 is rated Low Risk (24.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49268

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
2 2025-11-18 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-09-23 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49268

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49268

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49268

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-49268 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49268
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49268
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49268/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-49268 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 146, not-affected 131, released 129. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49268

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49268

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.2, < 5.4.189 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.110 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.33 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.16.19 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.17, < 5.17.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-49268

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