{"cve":"CVE-2022-49842","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:07.703","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:16.757","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: core: Fix use-after-free in snd_soc_exit()\n\nKASAN reports a use-after-free:\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in device_del+0xb5b/0xc60\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888008655050 by task rmmod/387\nCPU: 2 PID: 387 Comm: rmmod\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndump_stack_lvl+0x79/0x9a\nprint_report+0x17f/0x47b\nkasan_report+0xbb/0xf0\ndevice_del+0xb5b/0xc60\nplatform_device_del.part.0+0x24/0x200\nplatform_device_unregister+0x2e/0x40\nsnd_soc_exit+0xa/0x22 [snd_soc_core]\n__do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x34f/0x5b0\ndo_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n...\n</TASK>\n\nIt's bacause in snd_soc_init(), snd_soc_util_init() is possble to fail,\nbut its ret is ignored, which makes soc_dummy_dev unregistered twice.\n\nsnd_soc_init()\n    snd_soc_util_init()\n        platform_device_register_simple(soc_dummy_dev)\n        platform_driver_register() # fail\n    \tplatform_device_unregister(soc_dummy_dev)\n    platform_driver_register() # success\n...\nsnd_soc_exit()\n    snd_soc_util_exit()\n    # soc_dummy_dev will be unregistered for second time\n\nTo fix it, handle error and stop snd_soc_init() when util_init() fail.\nAlso clean debugfs when util_init() or driver_register() fail.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ec3f558db343b045a7c7419cdbaec266b8ac1a7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34eee4189bcebbd5f6a2ff25ef0cb893ad33d51e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41fad4f712e081acdfde8b59847f9f66eaf407a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec27c53886c8963729885bcf2dd996eba2767a7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d21554ec7680e9585fb852d933203c3db60dad1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49842","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12793,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}