CVE-2026-64488 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on July 25, 2026
ALSA: aoa: check snd_ctl_new1() return value
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-64488
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below b0154ebc6dc552c389a574b1e221d728e10346e7 is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below d62624fe256b2d0d13454c78cbfc70ff5d954dc7 is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below e5e8c4508d95af82f9b4d065f658e5476a8e9bc8 is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below 2ee9c46fd2dcd529cef18e37636ee12f5c3dbedd is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below d73067e2bbf3775a495d9f38e38d0a3cf53ee790 is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below fd786466889e4a6e6de0f4462bd0068edea63960 is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below e47f2a341adbac001b6f5d0211b0cd1c1668637b is affected.
- Version f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15 and below 8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0 is affected.
- Version 2.6.18 is affected.
- Before 2.6.18 is unaffected.
- Version 5.10.261, <= 5.10.* is unaffected.
- Version 5.15.212, <= 5.15.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.178, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.145, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.97, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.39, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.1.4, <= 7.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2-rc1, <= * is unaffected.