CVE-2026-74339

ALSA: seq: Clear variable event pointer on read

N/A
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:58 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: Clear variable event pointer on read snd_seq_read() copies a queued variable-length event header to userspace before expanding the payload. Queued variable-length events use SNDRV_SEQ_EXT_CHAINED internally, and data.ext.ptr points at the first extension cell. The read side strips SNDRV_SEQ_EXT_* bits from data.ext.len before the copy, but it leaves data.ext.ptr untouched. A userspace sequencer client can therefore write a direct variable event to itself and read back the extension-cell kernel address from the returned header. Clear the temporary header pointer before copy_to_user(). The original queued event remains unchanged and is still passed to snd_seq_expand_var_event(), so payload expansion keeps using the internal chain.

Affected

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

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2122.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1782.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.972.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.402.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1452.6.12 ≤ v < 7.1.52.6.12 ≤ v < 7.21da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac22.6.12
Vendor states this is fixed in 14fe4f75fd5309d6b75f8e840ada88912b374207 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6b52211eba213c461f68922708a99d8190c1fcd5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 705dd6dcbc0ea87351c660c1a6443f85f1001c76 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 74ac1ce1f4afdb3b80b6742fa28fb86c8c51d31b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c2ac9287e89916da684c2a548798351e63eb59ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e0c3edd86414534cfd179fefe45b38c29c01ae7a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f29243c211928114f8b906e0a3fee77c236f14c8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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