ALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup() snd_seq_event_dup() copies an incoming event into a pool cell and, in the UMP-enabled build, clears the trailing cell->ump.raw.extra word that the memcpy() did not cover. The guard deciding whether to clear it compares the copied size against sizeof(cell->event): memcpy(&cell->ump, event, size); if (size < sizeof(cell->event)) cell->ump.raw.extra = 0; For a legacy (non-UMP) event, size == sizeof(struct snd_seq_event) == sizeof(cell->event), so the condition is false and the extra word keeps stale data. The cell pool is allocated with kvmalloc() (not zeroed) and cells are reused via a free list, so that word holds uninitialised heap or leftover event data. When such a cell is delivered to a UMP client (client->midi_version > 0) that set SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_NO_CONVERT -- so the legacy event reaches it unconverted -- snd_seq_read() reads it out as the larger struct snd_seq_ump_event and copies the stale word to user space, a 4-byte kernel heap infoleak to an unprivileged /dev/snd/seq client. Compare against sizeof(cell->ump) instead, so the trailing word is zeroed for every event shorter than the UMP cell.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.18.39, 7.1.4, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64479
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6695-37p4-x7m5
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7649aa11089a93ea2285c210397aa67e5800766
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a224c84e5d3d35708c082c84ad12d81d90762195
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea672a9f6cc38f06fe69dd2c257ef8a3d4db179a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1aa5082847b98f44f9c6272aee9d0dca9244f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/651ba82fe2a144bc7356d940bfd235c3810b0549
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ded42615fa1f4949925afd0a8a9e1ab3bf96202
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/435990e25bf1f4af3e6df12a6fbfd1f7ba4a97d4
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64479 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64479 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6695-37p4-x7m5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64479 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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