CVE-2025-40013 ASoC: qcom: audioreach: fix potential null pointer dereference
A missing null check in the Qualcomm audio driver can cause a kernel crash, leading to denial of service for local attackers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-40013?
CVE-2025-40013 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 20 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: audioreach: fix potential null pointer dereference
It is possible that the topology parsing function audioreach_widget_load_module_common() could return NULL or an error pointer. Add missing NULL check so that we do not dereference it.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40013?
How do I fix CVE-2025-40013?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-40013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-40013, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40013, GHSA-fq68-g93v-pw49, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-40013, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-40013, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40013 and 1 more.