CVE-2025-40162
ASoC: amd/sdw_utils: avoid NULL deref when devm_kasprintf() fails
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: amd/sdw_utils: avoid NULL deref when devm_kasprintf() fails devm_kasprintf() may return NULL on memory allocation failure, but the debug message prints cpus->dai_name before checking it. Move the dev_dbg() call after the NULL check to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference.
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
6.12