# CVE-2025-40013: ASoC: qcom: audioreach: fix potential null pointer dereference

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-20 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: qcom: audioreach: fix potential null pointer dereference It is possible that the topology parsing function audioreach_widget_load_module_common() could return NULL or an error pointer. Add missing NULL check so that we do not dereference it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1ad4192f3d2fc85339718a6252cb3337848f7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e1e5fe9f7e05ff831b56ebc02543e7811b8e18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dda55d04caac3b4102c26e29b1c27fa35636be3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f9c9fafc0e7a73bbff58954d171c016ddee1734
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef08ce6304d30b5778035d07b04514cb70839983
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8318e04ab2526b155773313b66a1542476ce1106

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