CVE-2022-49538: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: jack: Access input_dev under mutex It is possible when using ASoC that input_dev is unregistered while calling snd_jack_report, which causes NULL pointer dereference. In order to prevent this serialize access to input_dev using mutex lock.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.9.318 (fixed in 4.9.318); from 4.10, before 4.14.283 (fixed in 4.14.283); from 4.15, before 4.19.247 (fixed in 4.19.247); from 4.20, before 5.4.198 (fixed in 5.4.198); from 5.5, before 5.10.121 (fixed in 5.10.121); from 5.11, before 5.15.46 (fixed in 5.15.46); …

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.