In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: codecs: tx-macro: Fix for KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds When we run syzkaller we get below Out of Bound. "KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in regcacheflatread" Below is the backtrace of the issue: dumpbacktrace+0x0/0x4c8 showstack+0x34/0x44 dumpstacklvl+0xd8/0x118 printaddressdescription+0x30/0x2d8 kasanreport+0x158/0x198 _asanreportload4noabort+0x44/0x50 regcacheflatread+0x10c/0x110 regcacheread+0xf4/0x180 regmapread+0xc4/0x278 regmapupdatebits+0x130/0x290 regmapupdatebitsbase+0xc0/0x15c sndsoccomponentupdatebits+0xa8/0x22c sndsoccomponentwritefield+0x68/0xd4 txmacrodigital_mute+0xec/0x140 Actually There is no need to have decimator with 32 bits. By limiting the variable with short type u8 issue is resolved.