# CVE-2026-97414: ASoC: mediatek: mt8365-afe-pcm: fix possible NULL-pointer dereferences in mt8365\_afe\_suspend()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.111, 6.18.53
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Affected

- Linux: from e1991d102bc2abb32331c462f8f3e77059c69578, fixed in f87707bc0406fe92bc142a9eee5f480c94ce9ff8; from e1991d102bc2abb32331c462f8f3e77059c69578, fixed in 1094d83ad325829acd68e63147793536060a0d60; from e1991d102bc2abb32331c462f8f3e77059c69578, fixed in b8948ac26efc395264a47f9a743889065adb5cff
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.12.111; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.53

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mediatek: mt8365-afe-pcm: fix possible NULL-pointer dereferences in mt8365_afe_suspend() mt8365_afe_suspend() allocates the register backup buffer with devm_kcalloc(), but does not check for allocation failure before using the returned pointer. This may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing afe->reg_back_up[i]. Add the missing NULL check and return -ENOMEM on allocation failure after disabling the main clock. Also propagate the return value of mt8365_afe_suspend() in mt8365_afe_dev_runtime_suspend() so that the suspended state is not updated when suspend fails.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f87707bc0406fe92bc142a9eee5f480c94ce9ff8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1094d83ad325829acd68e63147793536060a0d60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8948ac26efc395264a47f9a743889065adb5cff

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