ALSA: usb-audio: caiaq: validate EP1 reply lengths
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: 7 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: 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 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 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93808
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qcqv-jmh6-h97c
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@319393151367e6626affedcdd4f7b7b0286f4246, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91acd231f219452fa58285239f83945accad9513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cc6b3745a0cea697c8d0684b3094f220281a08d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add9328c91c195c494cd68a21b19e5e47a20d784
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319393151367e6626affedcdd4f7b7b0286f4246
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af8a172c4f71ac30d625f2966d2389a7fa872819
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f3c639f64fa5da4e1613149798b5089bce2807
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aba30af07d4fe499b50209801eba9da8a815522f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93808 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93808 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qcqv-jmh6-h97c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93808 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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