CVE-2026-43279

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing At silencing the playback URB packets in the implicit fb mode before the actual playback, we blindly assume that the received packets fit with the buffer size. But when the setup in the capture stream differs from the playback stream (e.g. due to the USB core limitation of max packet size), such an inconsistency may lead to OOB writes to the buffer, resulting in a crash. For addressing it, add a sanity check of the transfer buffer size at prepare_silent_urb(), and stop the data copy if the received data overflows. Also, report back the transfer error properly from there, too. Note that this doesn't fix the root cause of the playback error itself, but this merely covers the kernel Oops.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.5 ≤ v < 5.15.2025.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1656.13 ≤ v < 6.18.166.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1286.7 ≤ v < 6.12.753.5c75a8a7ae565d7cd9baa87a504ba9162e355b4b0
Vendor states this is fixed in 6af16f1b8649df4c00d6ced924bdd8b72c885b6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 780dc57794a217b49994fa1d0b42465fb10a00aa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8995fc0e00b3fee9bf7ecb3d836b635b730c1049 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ccaf9296763be4f76b59e2cac377006016c34435 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fa01973bb79d70c4736b6a4b2de99fbb2cbc8d1f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fba2105a157fffcf19825e4eea498346738c9948 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fc9e5af60dc199051dc202ae78e1fe76a9977a5e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.202 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.165 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.128 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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