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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-47207
ALSA: gus: fix null pointer dereference on pointer block
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: gus: fix null pointer dereference on pointer block The pointer block return from snd_gf1_dma_next_block could be null, so there is a potential null pointer dereference issue. Fix this by adding a null check before dereference.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e28e083dcdf03a18a083f8a47b6bb6b1604b5be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb09c760c201f82df83babc92a5ffea0a01807fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542fa721594a02d2aee0370a764d306ef48d030c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab4c1ebc40f699f48346f634d7b72b9c5193f315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d2cefdd05c4810c416fb8d384b5c377bd977bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ac6cd87d8ddd36c43620f82c4d65b058f725f0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16721797dcef2c7c030ffe73a07f39a65f9323c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d21bb3279476c777434c40d969ea88ca64f9aa
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 2.6.12, 0, 4.4.293, 4.9.291, 4.14.256, 4.19.218, 5.4.162, 5.10.82, 5.15.5, 5.16
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 10th, 2024
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.