CVE-2025-40275

ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd

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Published: December 6, 2025 at 09:50 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd In snd_usb_create_streams(), for UAC version 3 devices, the Interface Association Descriptor (IAD) is retrieved via usb_ifnum_to_if(). If this call fails, a fallback routine attempts to obtain the IAD from the next interface and sets a BADD profile. However, snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd() assumes that the IAD retrieved from usb_ifnum_to_if() is always valid, without performing a NULL check. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference when usb_ifnum_to_if() fails to find the interface descriptor. This patch adds a NULL pointer check after calling usb_ifnum_to_if() in snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd() to prevent the dereference. This issue was discovered by syzkaller, which triggered the bug by sending a crafted USB device descriptor.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

17156f23e93c0f59e06dd2aaffd06221341caaee4.18
Vendor states this is fixed in 23aea9c74aeea2625aaf4fbcc6beb9d09e30f9e4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2762d3ea9c929ca4094541ca517c317ffa94625b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 57f607c112966c21240c424b33e2cb71e121dcf0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 632108ec072ad64c8c83db6e16a7efee29ebfb74 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 85568535893600024d7d8794f4f8b6428b521e0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f282104627be5fbded3102ff9004f753c55a063 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c5c08965ab96b16361e69a1e2a0e89dbcb99b5a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cbdbfc756f2990942138ed0138da9303b4dbf9ff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.247 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.197 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.302 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.159 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.59 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.117 (unaffected)

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