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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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Configuration 1 [-]

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Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2022:7683 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2022:8267 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2022:8267 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-54693 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b6a6fc5280e97559287b61eade2d4b363e836f2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/582aea6084cc59fec881204f026816d1219f2348 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cc6f623f4818c7d7e9e966a45ebf324901ca9c5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bab3bcf422593c582e47130aa8eb41ebb2dc09 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8487a88136d54a1a4d3f26f1399685db648ab879 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6a73b0c0f2014eb89249fb1640c5a3d58221c4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c093b62c40027c21d649c5534ad7aa3605a99b00 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b8681769f6e205382f026b907d28aa5ec9d59a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68bed124c7699e23ffb4ce4fcc84671e9193cde cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022614-CVE-2022-49538-c7b9@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49538 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49538 cve-icon
History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title ALSA: jack: Access input_dev under mutex
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T19:46:40.376Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.589Z

Link: CVE-2022-49538

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:49:41.085Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:29.760

Modified: 2025-10-01T20:16:38.660

Link: CVE-2022-49538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49538 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses