# CVE-2025-39930: ASoC: simple-card-utils: Don't use \_\_free(device\_node) at graph\_util\_parse\_dai()

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.135, 6.12.82
- Published: 2025-04-18 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.6.130, fixed in 6.6.135; from 6.12.78, fixed in 6.12.82
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: simple-card-utils: Don't use __free(device_node) at graph_util_parse_dai() commit 419d1918105e ("ASoC: simple-card-utils: use __free(device_node) for device node") uses __free(device_node) for dlc->of_node, but we need to keep it while driver is in use. Don't use __free(device_node) in graph_util_parse_dai().

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146e25625378f7d4463acbd1ffbd975f3332a806
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a49e3fda339aa552cde7f2cdbb25b91426cb8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/232a32e8a7e9be8a2ee238df9b5304eed2f4e195
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de74ec718e0788e1998eb7289ad07970e27cae27

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