published July 1, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SDCA: fix NULL pointer dereference in sdca_dev_unregister_functions
sdca_dev_unregister_functions() iterates over all SDCA function
descriptors and calls sdca_dev_unregister() on each func_dev without
checking for NULL. When a function registration has failed partway
through, or the device cleanup races with probe deferral, func_dev
entries may be NULL, leading to a kernel oops:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000040
RIP: 0010:device_del+0x1e/0x3e0
Call Trace:
sdca_dev_unregister_functions+0x37/0x60 [snd_soc_sdca]
release_nodes+0x35/0xb0
devres_release_all+0x90/0x100
device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x80
device_release_driver_internal+0x1c1/0x200
bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130
device_del+0x161/0x3e0
device_unregister+0x17/0x60
sdw_delete_slave+0xb6/0xd0 [soundwire_bus]
sdw_bus_master_delete+0x1e/0x50 [soundwire_bus]
...
sof_probe_work+0x19/0x30 [snd_sof]
This was observed on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G14 (Panther Lake)
with the SOF audio driver probe failing due to missing Panther Lake
firmware, causing the subsequent cleanup of SoundWire devices to
trigger the crash.
Fix this with three changes:
1) Add a NULL guard in sdca_dev_unregister() so that callers do not
need to pre-validate the pointer (defense in depth).
2) In sdca_dev_unregister_functions(), skip NULL func_dev entries
and clear func_dev to NULL after unregistration, making the
function idempotent and safe against double-invocation.
3) In sdca_dev_register_functions(), roll back all previously
registered functions when a later one fails, so the function
array is never left in a partially-populated state.