The vulnerability of the `create_sdw_dailink()` function in the `sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c` file of the processor support subsystem on the SoC, as well as portable audio decoders in the Linux operating system’s kernel, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the createsdwdailink function in the sound/soc/intel/boards/sofsdw.c file, a part of the SoC support subsystem and used for portable audio decoders in Linux operating systems, is related to pointer manipulation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause...

CVE-2025-40132 ASoC: Intel: sof_sdw: Prevent jump to NULL add_sidecar callback

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: sofsdw: Prevent jump to NULL addsidecar callback In createsdwdailink check that sofend-codecinfo-addsidecar is not NULL before calling it. The original code assumed that if includesidecar is true, the codec on that...