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CVE-2025-38438— ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Use devm_kstrdup() to avoid memleak.

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于存在内存泄漏问题。

AI Predicted 2.0 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.17% · P7

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4< 68397fda2caa90e99a7c0bcb2cf604e42ef3b91f affected
dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4< 58ecf51af12cb32b890858b52b2c34e80590c74a affected
dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4< 6c038b58a2dc5a008c7e7a1297f5aaa4deaaaa7e affected
5.2 affected
< 5.2 unaffected
6.12.39≤ 6.12.* unaffected
6.15.7≤ 6.15.* unaffected
6.16≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-38438

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Vulnerability Title
ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Use devm_kstrdup() to avoid memleak.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于存在内存泄漏问题。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux dd96daca6c83ecaf37f38ff49d8d174bbff576b4 ~ 68397fda2caa90e99a7c0bcb2cf604e42ef3b91f -
Linux Linux 5.2 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-07-25 · 114 CVEs total

CVE-2025-38429 10.0 CRITICAL bus: mhi: ep: Update read pointer only after buffer is written
CVE-2025-38430 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: nfsd4_spo_must_allow() must check this is a v4 compound request
CVE-2025-38411 9.8 CRITICAL netfs: Fix double put of request
CVE-2025-38439 9.8 CRITICAL bnxt_en: Set DMA unmap len correctly for XDP_REDIRECT
CVE-2025-38365 9.1 CRITICAL btrfs: fix a race between renames and directory logging
CVE-2025-38377 8.8 HIGH rose: fix dangling neighbour pointers in rose_rt_device_down()
CVE-2025-38367 8.8 HIGH LoongArch: KVM: Avoid overflow with array index
CVE-2025-38437 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack
CVE-2025-38375 8.4 HIGH virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size
CVE-2025-38395 8.4 HIGH regulator: gpio: Fix the out-of-bounds access to drvdata::gpiods
CVE-2025-38449 7.8 HIGH drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers
CVE-2025-38453 7.8 HIGH io_uring/msg_ring: ensure io_kiocb freeing is deferred for RCU
CVE-2025-38396 7.8 HIGH fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass
CVE-2025-38412 7.8 HIGH platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks
CVE-2025-38408 7.8 HIGH genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly
CVE-2025-38386 7.8 HIGH ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing
CVE-2025-38447 7.8 HIGH mm/rmap: fix potential out-of-bounds page table access during batched unmap
CVE-2025-38440 7.8 HIGH net/mlx5e: Fix race between DIM disable and net_dim()
CVE-2025-38382 7.8 HIGH btrfs: fix iteration of extrefs during log replay
CVE-2025-38416 7.8 HIGH NFC: nci: uart: Set tty->disc_data only in success path

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