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)

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)	6.1.153-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.43-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	6.16.12-2	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

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