CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64485

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the ALSA compress driver, snd_compr_task_new() leaks driver resources on error after successful task_create() and may incorrectly report success due to uninitialized retval.

Risk Assessment

Resource leaks can exhaust memory, and false success reports can mislead user applications.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that preserves fd allocation errors and calls task_free() on failure after task_create().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: compress: Fix task creation error unwind snd_compr_task_new() allocates the driver task before validating the returned DMA buffers and reserving file descriptors. When either of those later steps fails, the core frees its task wrapper and DMA-buffer references without calling the driver's task_free() callback. Any driver resources allocated by task_create() are therefore leaked. The dual-fd allocation path also jumps to cleanup without storing the negative get_unused_fd_flags() result in retval. Since retval still contains the successful task_create() return value, TASK_CREATE can incorrectly report success although the task was discarded. Preserve the fd allocation errors and call task_free() when failure occurs after a successful task_create() callback.

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