Kernel memory corruption via misused mixer channel ID
Published Jun 20, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Memory corruption in Linux kernel 5.14 allows attackers to corrupt kernel memory through an out-of-range WCD938x port-map access. The WCD938x mixer-control handlers use the channel ID stored in mixer->reg as a SoundWire port ID instead of deriving the port from chan_info. Reachability requires the WCD938x codec path and an affected mixer control; the published record identifies structure corruption but does not specify attacker privileges or further consequences.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Linux kernel 5.14 allows attackers to corrupt kernel memory through an out-of-range WCD938x port-map access. The WCD938x mixer-control handlers use the channel ID stored in mixer->reg as a SoundWire port ID instead of deriving the port from chan_info. Reachability requires the WCD938x codec path and an affected mixer control; the published record identifies structure corruption but does not specify attacker privileges or further consequences.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48716
- Published
- Jun 20, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-400
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Jun 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.14
- Affected versionversion=e8ba1e05bdc016700c85fad559a812c2e795442f <9167f2712dc8c24964840a4d1e2ebf130e846b95
- Affected versionversion=e8ba1e05bdc016700c85fad559a812c2e795442f <aa7152f9f117b3e66b3c0d4158ca4c6d46ab229f
- Affected versionversion=e8ba1e05bdc016700c85fad559a812c2e795442f <c5c1546a654f613e291a7c5d6f3660fc1eb6d0c7
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