CVE-2026-53291
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
36/100
Published: 2026-06-26
Modified: 2026-11-06
First seen: 2026-11-06
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
Low
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
None
A:
High
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/conexant: Fix missing error check for jack detection In cx_probe(), the return value of snd_hda_jack_detect_enable_callback() is ignored. This function returns a pointer, and if it fails (e.g., due to memory allocation failure), it returns an error pointer which must be checked using IS_ERR(). If the registration fails, the driver continues to probe, but the jack detection callback will not be registered. This can lead to a kernel crash later when the driver attempts to handle jack events or accesses the uninitialized structure. Check the return value using IS_ERR() and propagate the error via PTR_ERR() to the probe caller.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (15)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | f13b8cb5a6920ad98b751d3134686f29810577d4 < 49c2c5924552e1d2f8b635dee663abebbb7cf63b |
| Linux | Linux | 2cb659ef0ac744545499e7c37665b276d9e405da < a2a33e87a2ffce3046c574d24eec4390c27c9365 |
| Linux | Linux | 24d748413cc4e1d97074bae1f335d32d30912f10 < d68f753d89f4ef6e410d7e8b7e8ab2fdde921b80 |
| Linux | Linux | 7aeb259086487417f0fecf66e325bee133e8813a < dd110cc00cf854a8ecd8d003127a4178c28574ea |
| Linux | Linux | 7aeb259086487417f0fecf66e325bee133e8813a < f837c7b85143a7c54140ff41ad5c076b73cd9933 |
| Linux | Linux | 7aeb259086487417f0fecf66e325bee133e8813a < 1da5c73f3793b224696617a2a21def7500ba18d6 |
| Linux | Linux | 7aeb259086487417f0fecf66e325bee133e8813a < b0e2333a231107adedd38c6fcfe1adc6162716fc |
| Linux | Linux | 4a28302b2c681e3cf85e3b41231fff363c4c6a0e |
| Linux | Linux | 5.15.149 < 5.15.209 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.1.77 < 6.1.175 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.6.16 < 6.6.141 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.7.4 < 6.8 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.8 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15.149 – 5.15.209 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |