CVE-2025-38307 ASoC: Intel: avs: Verify content returned by parse_int_array()

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in the Intel AVS audio driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash.

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-2025-38307?

CVE-2025-38307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Jul 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: Verify content returned by parse_int_array()

The first element of the returned array stores its length. If it is 0, any manipulation beyond the element at index 0 ends with null-ptr-deref.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38307?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-38307?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-38307 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38307 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-64886, BELL-CVE-2025-38307, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38307, GHSA-v6x9-7pmq-vrf2, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38307, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38307.

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