[PATCH v3] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd

From: Haein Lee

Date: Tue Nov 11 2025 - 10:37:56 EST


In snd_usb_create_streams(), for UAC version 3 devices, the Interface
Association Descriptor (IAD) is retrieved via usb_ifnum_to_if(). If this
call fails, a fallback routine attempts to obtain the IAD from the next
interface and sets a BADD profile. However, snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd()
assumes that the IAD retrieved from usb_ifnum_to_if() is always valid,
without performing a NULL check. This can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference when usb_ifnum_to_if() fails to find the interface descriptor.

This patch adds a NULL pointer check after calling usb_ifnum_to_if() in
snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd() to prevent the dereference.

This issue was discovered by syzkaller, which triggered the bug by sending
a crafted USB device descriptor.

Signed-off-by: Haein Lee <lhi0729@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/usb/mixer.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
index 6f00e0d52382..72b900505d2c 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
@@ -3086,6 +3086,8 @@ static int snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
int i;

assoc = usb_ifnum_to_if(dev, ctrlif)->intf_assoc;
+ if (!assoc)
+ return -EINVAL;

/* Detect BADD capture/playback channels from AS EP descriptors */
for (i = 0; i < assoc->bInterfaceCount; i++) {
--
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