Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-64490

Linux Linux

ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

CVSS 3.1
8.4High

Official 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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.4High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.9 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d6568e3de42dd971a1356f7ba581e6600d53f0a0 ≤ v < 3243563f99ef5d3949b934bd6390a5679405d0e1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d6568e3de42dd971a1356f7ba581e6600d53f0a0 ≤ v < 5da9742de22db0dbaa8d414214ab5e1bedde00f9 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d6568e3de42dd971a1356f7ba581e6600d53f0a0 ≤ v < 21584672fd699abe1768241d6c501b2de6139b6a CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d6568e3de42dd971a1356f7ba581e6600d53f0a0 ≤ v < c77a6cbb36ff8cbc1f084d94f8dcda5250935271 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-07-25
Last updated
2026-10-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.19%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-125
    Out-of-bounds Read