# CVE-2025-38056: ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix UAF when reloading module

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Intel HDA audio driver allows attackers to trigger memory corruption and potentially execute code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38056, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38056, GHSA-gj2x-phgq-7g9q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38056

## What is CVE-2025-38056?

CVE-2025-38056 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix UAF when reloading module

hda_generic_machine_select() appends -idisp to the tplg filename by
allocating a new string with devm_kasprintf(), then stores the string
right back into the global variable snd_soc_acpi_intel_hda_machines.
When the module is unloaded, this memory is freed, resulting in a global
variable pointing to freed memory.  Reloading the module then triggers
a use-after-free:

BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in string+0x48/0xe0

Use-after-free read at 0x00000000967e0109 (in kfence-#99):
 string+0x48/0xe0
 vsnprintf+0x329/0x6e0
 devm_kvasprintf+0x54/0xb0
 devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80
 hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]
 sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof]
 process_one_work+0x17b/0x330
 worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0
 kthread+0xcf/0x100
 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

kfence-#99: 0x00000000198a940f-0x00000000ace47d9d, size=64, cache=kmalloc-64

allocated by task 333 on cpu 8 at 17.798069s (130.453553s ago):
 devm_kmalloc+0x52/0x120
 devm_kvasprintf+0x66/0xb0
 devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80
 hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]
 sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof]
 process_one_work+0x17b/0x330
 worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0
 kthread+0xcf/0x100
 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

freed by task 1543 on cpu 4 at 141.586686s (6.665010s ago):
 release_nodes+0x43/0xb0
 devres_release_all+0x90/0xf0
 device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70
 device_release_driver_internal+0x1c1/0x200
 driver_detach+0x48/0x90
 bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0xf0
 pci_unregister_driver+0x42/0xb0
 __do_sys_delete_module+0x1d1/0x310
 do_syscall_64+0x82/0x190
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Fix it by copying the match array with devm_kmemdup_array() before we
modify it.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38056?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38056?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38056 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38056 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38056 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38056/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38056/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38056
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38056
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38056

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