CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93808

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ALSA usb-audio (caiaq) driver's usb_ep1_command_reply_dispatch() reads data from the URB buffer without first verifying that actual_length contains the required bytes. Missing validation of EP1 reply lengths can lead to out-of-bounds reads.

Risk Assessment

An out-of-bounds read may occur, potentially leading to data disclosure or kernel crash.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that validates EP1 reply lengths.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: caiaq: validate EP1 reply lengths usb_ep1_command_reply_dispatch() uses buf[0] as a command byte and then reads command-specific fixed items from the same URB buffer. Several paths use buf + 1, buf[1], buf[2], or buf + 3 without first proving that urb->actual_length contains those bytes. Add per-command length checks, use a payload length derived from the bytes after the command byte for the control-state copy, and reject short analog input payloads before the input helper reads fixed offsets from the EP1 reply.

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