PT-2025-30868 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Published 2025-07-25 · Updated 2025-07-25 · CVE-2025-38454

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:

Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description:

The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the ALSA subsystem related to the ad1816a driver. A potential NULL pointer dereference exists in the `snd card ad1816a pnp()` function. The issue is addressed by using `pr warn()` instead of `dev warn()` when the 'pdev' pointer is NULL, preventing the dereference.

Recommendations:

At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-38454

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Ad1816A

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38454 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38454 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef84c94d11ff972ecc3507f1ed092046bf6204b2 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/043faef334a1f3d96ae88e1b7618bfa2b4946388 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1948782102767698380 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e14bffc90866596ba19ffe549f199d7870da4241 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/043faef334a1f3d96ae88e1b7618bfa2b4946388 · Note