{"id":"CVE-2023-53666","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix missing mbhc init error handling","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix missing mbhc init error handling\n\nMBHC initialisation can fail so add the missing error handling to avoid\ndereferencing an error pointer when later configuring the jack:\n\n    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff8\n\n    pc : wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc]\n    lr : wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x]\n\n    Call trace:\n     wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc]\n     wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x]\n     snd_soc_component_set_jack+0x28/0x8c [snd_soc_core]\n     qcom_snd_wcd_jack_setup+0x7c/0x19c [snd_soc_qcom_common]\n     sc8280xp_snd_init+0x20/0x2c [snd_soc_sc8280xp]\n     snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x90 [snd_soc_core]\n     snd_soc_bind_card+0x628/0xbfc [snd_soc_core]\n     snd_soc_register_card+0xec/0x104 [snd_soc_core]\n     devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x4c/0xa4 [snd_soc_core]\n     sc8280xp_platform_probe+0xf0/0x108 [snd_soc_sc8280xp]","publishedAt":"2025-10-07T15:21:24.490Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:49:34.183Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux 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