# CVE-2025-39938: ASoC: qcom: q6apm-lpass-dais: Fix NULL pointer dereference if source graph failed

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Qualcomm audio driver causes a kernel crash when source graph initialization fails, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 4 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-68135, BELL-CVE-2025-39938, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39938, GHSA-p2vv-2726-r3pr, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-39938, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-39938, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-39938, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39938

## What is CVE-2025-39938?

CVE-2025-39938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 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: qcom: q6apm-lpass-dais: Fix NULL pointer dereference if source graph failed

If earlier opening of source graph fails (e.g. ADSP rejects due to
incorrect audioreach topology), the graph is closed and
"dai_data->graph[dai->id]" is assigned NULL.  Preparing the DAI for sink
graph continues though and next call to q6apm_lpass_dai_prepare()
receives dai_data->graph[dai->id]=NULL leading to NULL pointer
exception:

  qcom-apm gprsvc:service:2:1: Error (1) Processing 0x01001002 cmd
  qcom-apm gprsvc:service:2:1: DSP returned error[1001002] 1
  q6apm-lpass-dais 30000000.remoteproc:glink-edge:gpr:service@1:bedais: fail to start APM port 78
  q6apm-lpass-dais 30000000.remoteproc:glink-edge:gpr:service@1:bedais: ASoC: error at snd_soc_pcm_dai_prepare on TX_CODEC_DMA_TX_3: -22
  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a8
  ...
  Call trace:
   q6apm_graph_media_format_pcm+0x48/0x120 (P)
   q6apm_lpass_dai_prepare+0x110/0x1b4
   snd_soc_pcm_dai_prepare+0x74/0x108
   __soc_pcm_prepare+0x44/0x160
   dpcm_be_dai_prepare+0x124/0x1c0

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39938?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39938?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39938 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39938 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-39938 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 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-2025-39938 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-2025-39938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39938/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39938
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39938
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39938

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39938/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.