# CVE-2025-40162: ASoC: amd/sdw\_utils: avoid NULL deref when devm\_kasprintf() fails

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-11-12 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.12

## Description

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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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095d692e5997ece300c89f10d903d5230090e6a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1cccbd19676fc36854535a7118ba2c27d0b84b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5726b68473f7153a7f6294185e5998b7e2a230a2

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