# CVE-2024-38550: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.14
- Published: 2024-06-19 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.13.12, fixed in 5.14
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference In kirkwood_dma_hw_params() mv_mbus_dram_info() returns NULL if CONFIG_PLAT_ORION macro is not defined. Fix this bug by adding NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.14) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48d0c5fd733bd6d8d3ddb2ed553777ab4724169
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9987cec6fde1dd41dfcb971433e05945852489
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a7254525ca7a6f3e37d7882d7f7ad97f6235f7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf5154739cd676b6d0958079070557c8d96afb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802b49e39da669b54bd9b77dc3c649999a446bf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea60ab95723f5738e7737b56dda95e6feefa5b50

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