CVE-2025-40162

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.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-11-12

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095d692e5997ece300c89f10d903d5230090e6a0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5726b68473f7153a7f6294185e5998b7e2a230a2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1cccbd19676fc36854535a7118ba2c27d0b84b3

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