{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38438","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.016Z","datePublished":"2025-07-25T15:27:17.917Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:59.571Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:59.571Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Use devm_kstrdup() to avoid memleak.\n\nsof_pdata->tplg_filename can have address allocated by kstrdup()\nand can be overwritten. Memory leak was detected with kmemleak:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88812391ff60 (size 16):\n  comm \"kworker/4:1\", pid 161, jiffies 4294802931\n  hex dump (first 16 bytes):\n    73 6f 66 2d 68 64 61 2d 67 65 6e 65 72 69 63 00  sof-hda-generic.\n  backtrace (crc 4bf1675c):\n    __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x49c/0x6b0\n    kstrdup+0x46/0xc0\n    hda_machine_select.cold+0x1de/0x12cf [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]\n    sof_init_environment+0x16f/0xb50 [snd_sof]\n    sof_probe_continue+0x45/0x7c0 [snd_sof]\n    sof_probe_work+0x1e/0x40 [snd_sof]\n    process_one_work+0x894/0x14b0\n    worker_thread+0x5e5/0xfb0\n    kthread+0x39d/0x760\n    ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70\n    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c"],"versions":[{"version":"dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4","lessThan":"68397fda2caa90e99a7c0bcb2cf604e42ef3b91f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4","lessThan":"58ecf51af12cb32b890858b52b2c34e80590c74a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4","lessThan":"6c038b58a2dc5a008c7e7a1297f5aaa4deaaaa7e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.39","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.39"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68397fda2caa90e99a7c0bcb2cf604e42ef3b91f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ecf51af12cb32b890858b52b2c34e80590c74a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c038b58a2dc5a008c7e7a1297f5aaa4deaaaa7e"}],"title":"ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Use devm_kstrdup() to avoid memleak.","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}