CVE-2025-37793 ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix null-ptr-deref in avs_component_probe()
A missing null check in the Intel AVS audio driver can cause a kernel crash if 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-2025-37793?
CVE-2025-37793 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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: Intel: avs: Fix null-ptr-deref in avs_component_probe()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, avs_component_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37793?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-37793?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-37793 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37793 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-37793, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37793, GHSA-p69q-m87v-6q9x, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37793, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37793.