CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-40085
- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer deference in try_to_register_card
In try_to_register_card(), the return value of usb_ifnum_to_if() is
passed directly to usb_interface_claimed() without a NULL check, which
will lead to a NULL pointer dereference when creating an invalid
USB audio device. Fix this by adding a check to ensure the interface
pointer is valid before passing it to usb_interface_claimed().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28412b489b088fb88dff488305fd4e56bd47f6e4 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576312eb436326b44b7010f4d9ae2b698df075ea git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/736159f7b296d7a95f7208eb4799639b1f8b16a0 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8503ac1a62075a085402e42a386b5c627c821a51 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d19a7ab28c7b9c207db5c5282afa8cc8595bcdb git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bba7208765d26e5e36b87f21dacc2780b064f41f git.kernel.org