CVE-2025-40085

Name	CVE-2025-40085
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer deference in try_to_register_card In try_to_register_card(), the return value of usb_ifnum_to_if() is passed directly to usb_interface_claimed() without a NULL check, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference when creating an invalid USB audio device. Fix this by adding a check to ensure the interface pointer is valid before passing it to usb_interface_claimed().
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-6053-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.158-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.57-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	vulnerable
	forky	6.16.12-2	vulnerable
	sid	6.17.8-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.158-1	DSA-6053-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.57-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.17.6-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/28412b489b088fb88dff488305fd4e56bd47f6e4 (6.18-rc2)