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GHSA-56RG-F4QQ-GHHV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32

Details

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

ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp frame size in implicit-feedback mode

snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() scales received sync packet sizes by the sender's stride and stores the result directly in out_packet->packet_size[i]. If a connected USB device sends an oversized sync packet, this frame count can exceed ep->maxframesize.

The un-clamped frame count then propagates to the playback endpoint queue, potentially driving packet transfers beyond the endpoint's hardware frame limits.

Cap the calculated frame count against ep->maxframesize in snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() to prevent oversized packets from entering the playback queue.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-74497 (GCVE-0-2026-74497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:37

Title

ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp frame size in implicit-feedback mode

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp frame size in implicit-feedback mode snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() scales received sync packet sizes by the sender's stride and stores the result directly in out_packet->packet_size[i]. If a connected USB device sends an oversized sync packet, this frame count can exceed ep->maxframesize. The un-clamped frame count then propagates to the playback endpoint queue, potentially driving packet transfers beyond the endpoint's hardware frame limits. Cap the calculated frame count against ep->maxframesize in snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() to prevent oversized packets from entering the playback queue.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d39fea6d3c19a2f5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cf3dbbb4256a43f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfa8d3e0e8b812c4d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56ac3e7c90f6b4596…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be97fea7451d75888…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db4535d6af79276a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53f0aa37eb945f3c9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d7a30c50c2e58a68…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 2d39fea6d3c19a2f5811d123114d92e3d0115fd1 (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 09cf3dbbb4256a43feb91d2f51f274510a9ada47 (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < cfa8d3e0e8b812c4db4d5241f62b6bdbab2bd7be (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 56ac3e7c90f6b45969c3fd07a98fad760ffd6901 (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < be97fea7451d758881b95af78e900dd0d58a382a (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 2db4535d6af79276a64449201c5be5feffb31c64 (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 53f0aa37eb945f3c983f61d12fc35eb33debb8a9 (git) Affected: 28acb12014fb0c3e1edfdab1b1e3e266cf651550 , < 8d7a30c50c2e58a6839634ed0acde14466d1dc61 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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