{"id":"CVE-2025-40098","summary":"ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state()\n\nReturn value of a function acpi_evaluate_dsm() is dereferenced  without\nchecking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function.\n\nacpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL, when acpi_evaluate_object() returns\nacpi_status other than ACPI_SUCCESS, so add a check to prevent the crach.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:48:16.906009Z","published":"2025-10-30T09:48:05.200Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4516-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20039-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20059-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20473-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20496-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15702-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1","openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40098.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8527bbb33936340525a3504a00932b2f8fd75754"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b518386db2b993d786c431caa9f46ce063c5cb05"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40098.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40098"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"447106e92a0c86c332d40710436f38f64c322cd6"},{"fixed":"b518386db2b993d786c431caa9f46ce063c5cb05"},{"fixed":"8527bbb33936340525a3504a00932b2f8fd75754"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-40098.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.17.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-40098.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}