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

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-20 · updated 2026-10-19

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.16 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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