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CVE-2026-98265

Linux: ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp implicit feedback packet count to URB capacity

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.18%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in8b637ab10e40e01b452f4aff66dad335a9b89a16Also 79c55a7b5d71cf2a6bbd4bd7698e1b10b70f813a, 76a986c980bb502c7688d605ac7a67fd257a9a1b and 6 moreCVE List
Published6 Oct 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

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Description

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

ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp implicit feedback packet count to URB capacity

data_ep_set_params() allocates each data URB for exactly u->packets isochronous frames, so urb->iso_frame_desc[] has u->packets slots and ctx->packets is the driver's only record of that limit. For an implicit feedback sink, snd_usb_queue_pending_output_urbs() overwrites it with the sync source's packet count, which is calculated independently from the capture endpoint's parameters. When that count is larger, prepare_playback_urb() and prepare_silent_urb() can write iso_frame_desc[] past the allocation; their existing bounds limit payload bytes, not the descriptor index.

The reproducer uses a high-speed UAC2 device declaring bInterval 1 for implicit feedback capture (8 packets) and bInterval 4 for playback (1 packet). On the first capture completion after the stream starts, it accesses seven descriptors spanning 112 bytes beyond the one-packet URB:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in prepare_playback_urb (sound/usb/pcm.c:1560) Write of size 4 at addr ffff88801e696ad0 by task vhci_rx/178 prepare_playback_urb (sound/usb/pcm.c:1560) prepare_outbound_urb (sound/usb/endpoint.c:340) snd_usb_queue_pending_output_urbs (sound/usb/endpoint.c:501) snd_complete_urb (sound/usb/endpoint.c:1834) __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657) usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1741) vhci_rx_loop (drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_rx.c:107) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88801e696a00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 208-byte region [ffff88801e696a00, ffff88801e696ad0)

Record the allocated packet count per endpoint and clamp both the adopted count and the packet-size copy to it. Fold the Format Type II delimiter into urb_packs before the allocation loop so the recorded limit matches every URB.

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Affected versions 21

  • Linuxaffected: c26bde6301f20d9aafbfb7c2459a88c6a6ec178f before 8b637ab10e40e01b452f4aff66dad335a9b89a16CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 32a1f64f8ff6e2c5391f5964baec697bce25b83c before ad279ba0dc1781229f5b52f58d38d56960400e06CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: e949fd266cfa1dcca7caa3faa698578c4ffd26d6 before 79c55a7b5d71cf2a6bbd4bd7698e1b10b70f813aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: cf044e44190234a41a788de1cdbb6c21f4a52e1e before ab77e3f453c5f2499c08d6e8e218501d25bab39eCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: cf044e44190234a41a788de1cdbb6c21f4a52e1e before 76a986c980bb502c7688d605ac7a67fd257a9a1bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: df75696e70c88b22ed1d8c9d515993a858c58fd0CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3a74f6b46c01d9a816378cd83c327a59f61475ecCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: f6fbdf797e016fbf968dd54301026b182175985aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.6.128 before 6.6.160CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.12.75 before 6.12.112CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.18.16 before 6.18.54CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 5.15.202 before 5.16CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.1.165 before 6.2CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.19.6 before 6.20CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.112 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.54 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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