# CVE-2025-38573: spi: cs42l43: Property entry should be a null-terminated array

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: cs42l43: Property entry should be a null-terminated array The software node does not specify a count of property entries, so the array must be null-terminated. When unterminated, this can lead to a fault in the downstream cs35l56 amplifier driver, because the node parse walks off the end of the array into unknown memory.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/674328102baad76c7a06628efc01974ece5ae27f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f0035ae38d2571f5ddedc829d74492013caa625
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139b5df757a0aa436f763b0038e0b73808d2f4b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffcfd071eec7973e58c4ffff7da4cb0e9ca7b667

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