{"cve":"CVE-2026-97418","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:19.613","modified":"2026-10-03T11:17:53.883","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup\n\nsnd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores\nbookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add().\nsnd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes\ncan dereference a NULL control pointer.\n\nCheck the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM\non allocation failure.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8adddf4e4a5a43847ee62e5e78ba05e756bdef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908323ed61d5e7ad74889524d327cfb6a65ec8df","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91c97a7969dae976de954453ab6e925e6522fecb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97418","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06632,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}