PT-2025-37223
CVE-2025-39765
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Published
2025-08-21
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Updated
2026-10-17
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Linux kernel versions prior to 6.15.8
Description:
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel's ALSA timer functionality. Specifically, within the
snd utimer create() function, a potential issue arises if the kasprintf() function returns NULL. This can lead to a call to snd utimer put id(), which subsequently attempts to free an unallocated ID (0) using ida free(). This condition was reported by the syzkaller fuzzer.Recommendations:
Update to Linux kernel version 6.15.8 or later.
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