ASoC: Intel: avs: Clean up the bus when fetching ML caps fails
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: avs: Clean up the bus when fetching ML caps fails snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_ml_capabilities() may fail and its return code shall be checked and accounted for. Address the issue by updating the error-path for avs_pci_probe(). At the same time, if the function in question succeeds but the next part of avs_pci_probe() fails, the hlink list shall be cleaned up before leaving the scope.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 +3Red Hat: 5 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98055
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38h3-q9xp-263p
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@68885c606a6e41dd4d3fe72f11241a6a438246ed +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68885c606a6e41dd4d3fe72f11241a6a438246ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a16ca1987ce8666c13482437db21232d41600e3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d96325e8ed97ec70623f788c35cca5d68c34351
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498bf26639e99a98e7a3db880a7da8251aaf4289
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04447cd14ebcc924f2d745dd33b9506735bda5b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/559ea14b7ae7c7562b48759fa545b64958f35b73
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98055 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98055 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38h3-q9xp-263p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98055 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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