{"id":"AZL-103646","summary":"CVE-2026-97418 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup\n\nsnd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores\nbookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add().\nsnd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes\ncan dereference a NULL control pointer.\n\nCheck the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM\non allocation failure.","modified":"2026-09-25T14:15:44.108116872Z","published":"2026-09-24T17:17:19Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-97418"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97418"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-103646.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}