CVE-2025-39930 ASoC: simple-card-utils: Don't use __free(device_node) at graph_util_parse_dai()

What is CVE-2025-39930?

CVE-2025-39930 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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: simple-card-utils: Don't use __free(device_node) at graph_util_parse_dai()

commit 419d1918105e ("ASoC: simple-card-utils: use __free(device_node) for device node") uses __free(device_node) for dlc->of_node, but we need to keep it while driver is in use.

Don't use __free(device_node) in graph_util_parse_dai().

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39930?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-39930?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2025-39930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-39930, GHSA-9q9v-qmg6-ffwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39930.