CVE-2025-40162

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in ASoC amd/sdw_utils

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: amd/sdw_utils: avoid NULL deref when devm_kasprintf() fails devm_kasprintf() may return NULL on memory allocation failure, but the debug message prints cpus->dai_name before checking it. Move the dev_dbg() call after the NULL check to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference.

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.7%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.55linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.5linux
Linux/Linux < 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12.55 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.5 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux cb8ea62e6402067ba092d4c1d66a9440513a572b - 095d692e5997ece300c89f10d903d5230090e6a0
Linux/Linux cb8ea62e6402067ba092d4c1d66a9440513a572b - 5726b68473f7153a7f6294185e5998b7e2a230a2
Linux/Linux cb8ea62e6402067ba092d4c1d66a9440513a572b - a1cccbd19676fc36854535a7118ba2c27d0b84b3
Published Nov 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026