CVE-2026-64490

ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used directly to index g_v2a_type_map[] in virtsnd_kctl_info(), and to size loops and memcpy() operations in virtsnd_kctl_get() and virtsnd_kctl_put() against fixed-size virtio_snd_ctl_value and snd_ctl_elem_value arrays. A buggy or malicious device can therefore trigger out-of-bounds access by advertising an invalid control type or an oversized value count. Validate control type and count once in virtsnd_kctl_parse_cfg(), before querying enumerated items or exposing the control to ALSA.

Affected

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

6.9d6568e3de42dd971a1356f7ba581e6600d53f0a0
Vendor states this is fixed in 21584672fd699abe1768241d6c501b2de6139b6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3243563f99ef5d3949b934bd6390a5679405d0e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5da9742de22db0dbaa8d414214ab5e1bedde00f9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c77a6cbb36ff8cbc1f084d94f8dcda5250935271 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-125

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