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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-38486

CVE-2025-38486

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

soundwire: Revert "soundwire: qcom: Add set_channel_map api support"

This reverts commit 7796c97df6b1b2206681a07f3c80f6023a6593d5.

This patch broke Dragonboard 845c (sdm845). I see:

Unexpected kernel BRK exception at EL1 Internal error: BRK handler: 00000000f20003e8 [#1] SMP pc : qcom_swrm_set_channel_map+0x7c/0x80 [soundwire_qcom] lr : snd_soc_dai_set_channel_map+0x34/0x78 Call trace: qcom_swrm_set_channel_map+0x7c/0x80 [soundwire_qcom] (P) sdm845_dai_init+0x18c/0x2e0 [snd_soc_sdm845] snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x6c snd_soc_bind_card+0x5f4/0xb0c snd_soc_register_card+0x148/0x1a4 devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x50/0xb0 sdm845_snd_platform_probe+0x124/0x148 [snd_soc_sdm845] platform_probe+0x6c/0xd0 really_probe+0xc0/0x2a4 __driver_probe_device+0x7c/0x130 driver_probe_device+0x40/0x118 __device_attach_driver+0xc4/0x108 bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xf0 __device_attach+0xa4/0x198 device_initial_probe+0x18/0x28 bus_probe_device+0xb8/0xbc deferred_probe_work_func+0xac/0xfc process_one_work+0x244/0x658 worker_thread+0x1b4/0x360 kthread+0x148/0x228 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Kernel panic - not syncing: BRK handler: Fatal exception

Dan has also reported following issues with the original patch https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Bug #1: The zeroeth element of ctrl->pconfig[] is supposed to be unused. We start counting at 1. However this code sets ctrl->pconfig[0].ch_mask = 128.

Bug #2: There are SLIM_MAX_TX_PORTS (16) elements in tx_ch[] array but only QCOM_SDW_MAX_PORTS + 1 (15) in the ctrl->pconfig[] array so it corrupts memory like Yongqin Liu pointed out.

Bug 3: Like Jie Gan pointed out, it erases all the tx information with the rx information.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel9 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.15,<6.15.8
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.15
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.15.0, < 6.15.8

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