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    CVE-2024-50160

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/cs8409: Fix possible NULL dereference If snd_hda_gen_add_kctl fails to allocate memory and returns NULL, then NULL pointer dereference will occur in the next line. Since dolphin_fixups function is a hda_fixup function which is not supposed to return any errors, add simple check before dereference, ignore the fail. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

    Published:Nov 7, 2024
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:Nov 7, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00036
    CVSS Score:5.5

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    Linux
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    Linux Kernel

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