{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d88c24b76f285df9d206751e22c28e2613258cb3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.6.12"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.111"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97418.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup\n\nsnd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores\nbookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add().\nsnd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes\ncan dereference a NULL control pointer.\n\nCheck the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM\non allocation failure.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-97418",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:18.733561376Z",
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:03:27.939Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88c24b76f285df9d206751e22c28e2613258cb3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97418.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97418"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup"
}