CVE-2025-40162: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.12, before 6.12.55 (fixed in 6.12.55); from 6.13, before 6.17.5 (fixed in 6.17.5)

Published 2025-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.