ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp frame size in implicit-feedback mode
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp frame size in implicit-feedback mode snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() scales received sync packet sizes by the sender's stride and stores the result directly in out_packet->packet_size[i]. If a connected USB device sends an oversized sync packet, this frame count can exceed ep->maxframesize. The un-clamped frame count then propagates to the playback endpoint queue, potentially driving packet transfers beyond the endpoint's hardware frame limits. Cap the calculated frame count against ep->maxframesize in snd_usb_handle_sync_urb() to prevent oversized packets from entering the playback queue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 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 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74497
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-56rg-f4qq-ghhv
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-27 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d39fea6d3c19a2f5811d123114d92e3d0115fd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cf3dbbb4256a43feb91d2f51f274510a9ada47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfa8d3e0e8b812c4db4d5241f62b6bdbab2bd7be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56ac3e7c90f6b45969c3fd07a98fad760ffd6901
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be97fea7451d758881b95af78e900dd0d58a382a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db4535d6af79276a64449201c5be5feffb31c64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53f0aa37eb945f3c983f61d12fc35eb33debb8a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d7a30c50c2e58a6839634ed0acde14466d1dc61
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74497 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74497 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-56rg-f4qq-ghhv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74497 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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