# CVE-2025-38145: soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed\_lpc\_enable\_snoop()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue. [arj: Fix Fixes: tag to use subject from 3772e5da4454]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2beee9cf833374550e673d428ad8b6ab37c175b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c550999f939b529d28a914d5034cc4290066aea6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd889c145722579aa038c31cbc07cfdd4d75166
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62a589eaaec6385e3e2b25cf5a28b4560ace93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8312b1f776f71979bf33bda7acc05b348e8792c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f697ef117ecbf3a367dfc559a6a3589905956530
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45b2e8b0fdd280aba04c3cc869e9ae500c44e4b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1706e0e1a74b095cbc60375b9b1e6205f5f4c98

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