NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38706
Published: September 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114821
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38706
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() function in sound/soc/soc-core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38706
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d91cb261cac6d885954b8f5da28b5c176c18131
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fce20decc6a83f16dd73744150c4e7ea6c97c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f53afe53a57a7c50323f99424b598190acf192
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce0a7255ce97ed7c54afae83fdbce712a1f0c9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f8fc03712194fd4e2df28af7f7f7a38205934ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ba7b8cf9f6e3bf392a9f08ba3d1c0b200ccb94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b465bedc2b417fd27c1d1ab7122882b4b60b1a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cecc65827ef3df9754e097582d89569139e6cd1e