# CVE-2024-41069: ASoC: topology: Fix references to freed memory

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-29 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: topology: Fix references to freed memory Most users after parsing a topology file, release memory used by it, so having pointer references directly into topology file contents is wrong. Use devm_kmemdup(), to allocate memory as needed.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b188d7f3dfab10e332e3c1066e18857964a520d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab5a6208b4d6872b1c6ecea1867940fc668cc76d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccae5c6a1fab9494c86b7856faf05e296c617702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97ab304ecd95c0b1703ff8c8c3956dc6e2afe8e1

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