# CVE-2025-37793: ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix null-ptr-deref in avs\_component\_probe()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix null-ptr-deref in avs_component_probe() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, avs_component_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa93b8846101461de815759d39979661b82d5a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23fde311ea1d0a6c36bf92ce48b90b77d0ece1a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2825073271b6f15e669a424b363612082494863
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f723cf141b95e3b3a5b92cf2ea98a863fe7275

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