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CVE-2025-21870: ASoC: SOF: ipc4-topology: Harden loops for looking up ALH copiers

mediumCVSS 5.5CVE-2025-21870

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What
Hardening of loop bounds checking in ASoC SOF IPC4 topology ALH copier lookup code.
Who is affected
Systems running Linux kernel with ASoC SOF audio driver and IPC4 topology support.
Urgency
Medium severity; not exploited; audio driver stability and bounds checking improvement.
Action
Apply Linux kernel patch addressing CVE-2025-21870 to harden ALH copier loops.

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Details

Source
Microsoft Security Response Center (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity
medium — CVSS 5.5
Published
2026-08-06
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21870

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-21870coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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