# CVE-2025-37934: ASoC: simple-card-utils: Fix pointer check in graph\_util\_parse\_link\_direction

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: simple-card-utils: Fix pointer check in graph_util_parse_link_direction Actually check if the passed pointers are valid, before writing to them. This also fixes a USBAN warning: UBSAN: invalid-load in ../sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c:687:25 load of value 255 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' This is because playback_only is uninitialized and is not written to, as the playback-only property is absent.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b41a49d5435e0f76da320f231b7252800e8f736f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5b3088c4d1752253491705919bd7d067964288
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc393d2232ec770b5f79bf0673d67702a3536c3

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