Security Advisory

CVE-2022-49772

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-05-01 14:09:09
Last updated 2026-05-11 19:06:28
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Drop snd_BUG_ON() from snd_usbmidi_output_open() snd_usbmidi_output_open() has a check of the NULL port with snd_BUG_ON(). snd_BUG_ON() was used as this shouldnt have happened, but in reality, the NULL port may be seen when the device gives an invalid endpoint setup at the descriptor, hence the driver skips the allocation. That is, the check itself is valid and snd_BUG_ON() should be dropped from there. Otherwise its confusing as if it were a real bug, as recently syzbot stumbled on it.