CVE-2026-64490
ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 19, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
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