CVE-2025-22066 ASoC: imx-card: Add NULL check in imx_card_probe()
A missing NULL check in the Linux kernel's imx-card driver can cause a crash when memory allocation fails, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-22066?
CVE-2025-22066 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: imx-card: Add NULL check in imx_card_probe()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, imx_card_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22066?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22066?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-22066 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22066 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-61697, BELL-CVE-2025-22066, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22066, GHSA-xpqh-2w77-cvcv, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-22066, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22066.