FKIE_CVE-2025-40162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-12 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:21
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Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095d692e5997ece300c89f10d903d5230090e6a0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5726b68473f7153a7f6294185e5998b7e2a230a2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1cccbd19676fc36854535a7118ba2c27d0b84b3
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:23.100",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-11-12T11:15:46.347",
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