# CVE-2026-46179: ASoC: SOF: Don't allow pointer operations on unconfigured streams

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-06-14

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Don't allow pointer operations on unconfigured streams When reporting the pointer for a compressed stream we report the current I/O frame position by dividing the position by the number of channels multiplied by the number of container bytes. These values default to 0 and are only configured as part of setting the stream parameters so this allows a divide by zero to be configured. Validate that they are non zero, returning an error if not

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ff6bfc9a809571793f425ba99f6a759108dcf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327a64241f30c74b6f35537eb9e1fc6c3cbe060b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ed1383f597f8a45b6cb816bb20b96d46eeceda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0c0c1397a42aacaacae828206ee1b921623952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f42dd01f5217465f23a763e27b3984e114d0972
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5b6285aae050ff1c3ea824ca3d88ac4be1e69c8

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