Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state() Return value of a function acpi_evaluate_dsm() is dereferenced without checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function. acpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL, when acpi_evaluate_object() returns acpi_status other than ACPI_SUCCESS, so add a check to prevent the crach. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

References 2

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8527bbb33936340525a3504a00932b2f8fd75754
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b518386db2b993d786c431caa9f46ce063c5cb05

Remediation