{"id":"CVE-2025-40098","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state()","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2025-10-30T09:48:05.200Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-03T09:32:26.104Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux 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