CVE-2024-53180

MEDIUM5.5

ALSA: pcm: Add sanity NULL check for the default mmap fault handler

Published Dec 27, 2024

Modified 1 weeks ago

No fix available

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: pcm: Add sanity NULL check for the default mmap fault handler

A driver might allow the mmap access before initializing its runtime->dma_area properly. Add a proper NULL check before passing to virt_to_page() for avoiding a panic.

References

WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4c9bf5eab7bee6b606f2abb0993e933b5831a0 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/832efbb74b1578e3737d593a204d42af8bd1b81b WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8799f4332a9fd812eadfbc32fc5104d6292f754f WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc200027ee92fba84f1826494735ed675f3aa911 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2913a07d9037fe7aed4b7e680684163eaed6bc4 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ce9e24eff1678c16276f9717f26a78202506a2 WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53180

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 27, 2024

ModifiedJan 5, 2026

CVE-2024-53180 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence