APPLIED: [SRU][F][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2021-47211

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed Apr 30 14:31:44 UTC 2025


On 24.04.25 01:24, Tim Whisonant wrote:
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> ALSA: usb-audio: fix null pointer dereference on pointer cs_desc
> 
> The pointer cs_desc return from snd_usb_find_clock_source could
> be null, so there is a potential null pointer dereference issue.
> Fix this by adding a null check before dereference.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> Oracular: not affected
> Noble:    not affected
> Jammy:    not affected
> Focal:    backported from upstream
> Bionic:   sent to ESM ML
> Xenial:   sent to ESM ML
> Trusty:   out of scope (medium CVE)
> 
> [Test Plan]
> 
> Compile and boot tested.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> The change occurs in the ALSA usb-audio driver. Issues might
> manifest as choppy or missing audio.
> 
> Chengfeng Ye (1):
>    ALSA: usb-audio: fix null pointer dereference on pointer cs_desc
> 
>   sound/usb/clock.c | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 

Applied to focal:linux/master-next. Thanks.

-Stefan

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