FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: aoa: check snd_ctl_new1() return value" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026071300-ripping-haunt-9cde@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 8df560fefe6fed6a20b7e06720eeaeccec349ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhao Dongdong <zhaodongdong@kylinos.cn>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:09:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: aoa: check snd_ctl_new1() return value

snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL when memory allocation fails. In
layout.c, the function does not check the return value before
dereferencing ctl->id.name or passing to aoa_snd_ctl_add(), which can
lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL checks after snd_ctl_new1() calls and return early if any
fails.

Assisted-by: Opencode:DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: f3d9478b2ce4 ("[ALSA] snd-aoa: add snd-aoa")
Signed-off-by: Zhao Dongdong <zhaodongdong@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_35F3A25FEEBF190A2E15ED787754C57E3708@qq.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

diff --git a/sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.c b/sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.c
index c3ebb6de4789..7bb541577a26 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.c
@@ -948,6 +948,8 @@ static void layout_attached_codec(struct aoa_codec *codec)
 			if (lineout == 1)
 				ldev->gpio.methods->set_lineout(codec->gpio, 1);
 			ctl = snd_ctl_new1(&lineout_ctl, codec->gpio);
+			if (!ctl)
+				return;
 			if (cc->connected & CC_LINEOUT_LABELLED_HEADPHONE)
 				strscpy(ctl->id.name, "Headphone Switch");
 			ldev->lineout_ctrl = ctl;
@@ -961,12 +963,16 @@ static void layout_attached_codec(struct aoa_codec *codec)
 			if (ldev->have_lineout_detect) {
 				ctl = snd_ctl_new1(&lineout_detect_choice,
 						   ldev);
+				if (!ctl)
+					return;
 				if (cc->connected & CC_LINEOUT_LABELLED_HEADPHONE)
 					strscpy(ctl->id.name,
 						"Headphone Detect Autoswitch");
 				aoa_snd_ctl_add(ctl);
 				ctl = snd_ctl_new1(&lineout_detected,
 						   ldev);
+				if (!ctl)
+					return;
 				if (cc->connected & CC_LINEOUT_LABELLED_HEADPHONE)
 					strscpy(ctl->id.name,
 						"Headphone Detected");