CVE-2025-40098

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state()<br /> <br /> Return value of a function acpi_evaluate_dsm() is dereferenced without<br /> checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function.<br /> <br /> acpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL, when acpi_evaluate_object() returns<br /> acpi_status other than ACPI_SUCCESS, so add a check to prevent the crach.<br /> <br /> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.