Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41getacpimutestate. The return value of the function acpievaluatedsm is dereferenced without checking for NULL. However, this check is usually performed for this...

CVE-2025-40098

CVE-2025-40098 affects the Linux kernel ALSA HDA driver for cs35l41. The issue is a NULL pointer dereference: acpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL and is dereferenced without a NULL check, risking a crash. The advisory notes this was fixed by adding a NULL check in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state() (a...