In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: pcm: Test for "silence" field in struct "pcm_format_data"
Syzbot reports "KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in
snd_pcm_format_set_silence".[1]
It is due to missing validation of the "silence" field of struct
"pcm_format_data" in "pcm_formats" array.
Add a test for valid "pat" and, if it is not so, return -EINVAL.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000d188ef05dc2c7279@google.com/
Publication date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:54:00 +0000