CVE-2026-46088 (GCVE-0-2026-46088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:58 – Updated: 2026-05-27 12:58
VLAI
Title
ALSA: control: Validate buf_len before strnlen() in snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: control: Validate buf_len before strnlen() in snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names() snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names() advances pointer p through the names buffer while decrementing buf_len. If buf_len reaches zero but items remain, the next iteration calls strnlen(p, 0). While strnlen(p, 0) returns 0 and would hit the existing name_len == 0 error path, CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE's fortified strnlen() first checks maxlen against __builtin_dynamic_object_size(). When Clang loses track of p's object size inside the loop, this triggers a BRK exception panic before the return value is examined. Add a buf_len == 0 guard at the loop entry to prevent calling fortified strnlen() on an exhausted buffer. Found by kernel fuzz testing through Xiaomi Smartphone.
Severity
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Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 8d448162bda5ae3b5ecb26fe50c8fbbeae99faa4 , < 1fbe46d2b72754d8bd580e13e59ccb5d3d0e8cb0 (git)
Affected: 8d448162bda5ae3b5ecb26fe50c8fbbeae99faa4 , < 8ba0214c3dd32b8ec652947e3f2bc5b8f6e6be9e (git)
Affected: 8d448162bda5ae3b5ecb26fe50c8fbbeae99faa4 , < 654c818a69c21d2bea4e8fd9eae7da865df9a5c8 (git)
Affected: 8d448162bda5ae3b5ecb26fe50c8fbbeae99faa4 , < 82012fd3e78a14360fbc2f1a7491589896704f97 (git)
Affected: 8d448162bda5ae3b5ecb26fe50c8fbbeae99faa4 , < e0da8a8cac74f4b9f577979d131f0d2b88a84487 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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