{"cve":"CVE-2024-46793","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-18T08:15:06.177","modified":"2026-06-17T07:55:56.760","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: Intel: Boards: Fix NULL pointer deref in BYT/CHT boards harder\n\nSince commit 13f58267cda3 (\"ASoC: soc.h: don't create dummy Component\nvia COMP_DUMMY()\") dummy codecs declared like this:\n\nSND_SOC_DAILINK_DEF(dummy,\n        DAILINK_COMP_ARRAY(COMP_DUMMY()));\n\nexpand to:\n\nstatic struct snd_soc_dai_link_component dummy[] = {\n};\n\nWhich means that dummy is a zero sized array and thus dais[i].codecs should\nnot be dereferenced *at all* since it points to the address of the next\nvariable stored in the data section as the \"dummy\" variable has an address\nbut no size, so even dereferencing dais[0] is already an out of bounds\narray reference.\n\nWhich means that the if (dais[i].codecs->name) check added in\ncommit 7d99a70b6595 (\"ASoC: Intel: Boards: Fix NULL pointer deref\nin BYT/CHT boards\") relies on that the part of the next variable which\nthe name member maps to just happens to be NULL.\n\nWhich apparently so far it usually is, except when it isn't\nand then it results in crashes like this one:\n\n[   28.795659] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000030011\n...\n[   28.795780] Call Trace:\n[   28.795787]  <TASK>\n...\n[   28.795862]  ? strcmp+0x18/0x40\n[   28.795872]  0xffffffffc150c605\n[   28.795887]  platform_probe+0x40/0xa0\n...\n[   28.795979]  ? __pfx_init_module+0x10/0x10 [snd_soc_sst_bytcr_wm5102]\n\nReally fix things this time around by checking dais.num_codecs != 0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cc65482f5b03ac2b1c240bc34665e43ea2d71bb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85cda5b040bda9c577b34eb72d5b2e5b7e31985c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46793","score":0.0018,"percentile":0.0753,"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."]}