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CVE-2026-74498

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ALSA USB-audio has an out-of-bounds DMA buffer write when the fill_max flag is set. The buffer size is calculated based on the original packet size, but transfers use a larger size, causing writes past the buffer by the USB controller.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to kernel memory corruption, system crashes, or potential privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel fix that updates maxsize to curpacksize when fill_max is set.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix DMA buffer out-of-bounds write when fill_max is set When a USB audio endpoint requests full packet transfers via the fill_max descriptor flag, data_ep_set_params() promotes ep->curpacksize to ep->maxpacksize. However, maxsize is left at the original sample-rate derived value. Since u->buffer_size is allocated as maxsize * packets, the resulting DMA buffer is far too small for the requested transfer length. When the USB host controller streams up to curpacksize bytes per packet, it writes past the end of the buffer via DMA, corrupting kernel heap memory. Update maxsize to curpacksize when fill_max is set so that the allocated DMA buffer size matches the actual transfer request size. [ changed to reassign maxsize only when ep->fill_max is set -- tiwai ]

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