{"cve":"CVE-2025-40338","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-09T16:17:44.043","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:20.270","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: Intel: avs: Do not share the name pointer between components\n\nBy sharing 'name' directly, tearing down components may lead to\nuse-after-free errors. Duplicate the name to avoid that.\n\nAt the same time, update the order of operations - since commit\ncee28113db17 (\"ASoC: dmaengine_pcm: Allow passing component name via\nconfig\") the framework does not override component->name if set before\ninvoking the initializer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a187ea7a5b4e78b9be1f9c1507cff04f3ae4ab1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128bf29c992988f8b4f3829227339908fde5ec86","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dee5c1cc439b0d5ef87f741518268ad6a95b23d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a80a82f567f7c6276d96409377d4691ea30d18a2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40338","score":0.00242,"percentile":0.15219,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}