In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Use devm_kstrdup() to avoid memleak.
sof_pdata->tplg_filename can have address allocated by kstrdup()
and can be overwritten. Memory leak was detected with kmemleak:
unreferenced object 0xffff88812391ff60 (size 16):
comm "kworker/4:1", pid 161, jiffies 4294802931
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
73 6f 66 2d 68 64 61 2d 67 65 6e 65 72 69 63 00 sof-hda-generic.
backtrace (crc 4bf1675c):
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x49c/0x6b0
kstrdup+0x46/0xc0
hda_machine_select.cold+0x1de/0x12cf [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]
sof_init_environment+0x16f/0xb50 [snd_sof]
sof_probe_continue+0x45/0x7c0 [snd_sof]
sof_probe_work+0x1e/0x40 [snd_sof]
process_one_work+0x894/0x14b0
worker_thread+0x5e5/0xfb0
kthread+0x39d/0x760
ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
19 Nov 2025, 18:09
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-401 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ecf51af12cb32b890858b52b2c34e80590c74a - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68397fda2caa90e99a7c0bcb2cf604e42ef3b91f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c038b58a2dc5a008c7e7a1297f5aaa4deaaaa7e - Patch |
29 Jul 2025, 14:14
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| Summary |
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25 Jul 2025, 16:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-07-25 16:15
Updated : 2025-11-19 18:09
NVD link : CVE-2025-38438
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38438
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38438
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
