vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2023-53666): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 7, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix missing mbhc init error handling MBHC initialisation can fail so add the missing error handling to avoid dereferencing an error pointer when later configuring the jack: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff8 pc : wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] lr : wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] Call trace: wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] snd_soc_component_set_jack+0x28/0x8c [snd_soc_core] qcom_snd_wcd_jack_setup+0x7c/0x19c [snd_soc_qcom_common] sc8280xp_snd_init+0x20/0x2c [snd_soc_sc8280xp] snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x90 [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_bind_card+0x628/0xbfc [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_register_card+0xec/0x104 [snd_soc_core] devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x4c/0xa4 [snd_soc_core] sc8280xp_platform_probe+0xf0/0x108 [snd_soc_sc8280xp]
Solutions
References
- CVE-2023-53666
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-53666
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/7dfae2631bfbdebecd35fe7b472ab3cc95c9ed66
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ee704c84c4bf4df8521ef1478c161f710d0f94
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a34d252052b5da743ef82591c860fc947384d4e
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dfae2631bfbdebecd35fe7b472ab3cc95c9ed66
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb241ae928c694e365c30c888c9eb02dcc812dfd
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53666
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