# CVE-2025-38629: ALSA: usb: scarlett2: Fix missing NULL check

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb: scarlett2: Fix missing NULL check scarlett2_input_select_ctl_info() sets up the string arrays allocated via kasprintf(), but it misses NULL checks, which may lead to NULL dereference Oops. Let's add the proper NULL check.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d558db85920b124bac36f8a7ddc5de0aa7491bdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c735fcaee81ad8056960659dc9dc460891e76b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df485a4b2b3ee5b35c80f990beb554e38a8a5fb1

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