Kernel crash via unchecked allocation failure
Published Nov 5, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in Qualcomm LPASS ASoC support in Linux allows local users to crash the kernel during device probing. asoc_qcom_lpass_cpu_platform_probe() dereferences the allocation returned by devm_kzalloc() without checking whether allocation failed. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and a Qualcomm LPASS device probe under allocation failure, causing a kernel crash without reported data exposure or modification.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Qualcomm LPASS ASoC support in Linux allows local users to crash the kernel during device probing. asoc_qcom_lpass_cpu_platform_probe() dereferences the allocation returned by devm_kzalloc() without checking whether allocation failed. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and a Qualcomm LPASS device probe under allocation failure, causing a kernel crash without reported data exposure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50103
- Published
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.10
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <03c9c2c2d2d0fe203dfe8f56bedbcf04e303d7c4
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <1e235d02d803660777ec911a2c467ae41f8539f5
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <49da1463c9e3d2082276c3e0e2a8b65a88711cd2
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <73cc3f905ca9aa95694eea3dfa1acadc90686368
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <a8e691fe1894c8bdf815a6171ee22ae7da8b18aa
- Affected versionversion=b5022a36d28f6a99c1a57f54246e8b566cf094d5 <e19bf49e903337641fc230d430d49813e3199902
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