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TI-2026-68156 Aliases CVE-2026-98265GHSA-qghg-5w48-4c7c

Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel USB audio feedback handling

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

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

The Linux kernel ALSA USB audio driver is affected in the listed ranges, including from 5.15.202 before 5.15.224 and from 6.19.6 before 6.20, and from 7.0. For an implicit feedback sink, the driver adopts a packet count from the sync source without checking it against the allocated URB capacity. A USB audio device with mismatched capture and playback endpoint intervals triggers an out-of-bounds write past the isochronous frame descriptor array, which KASAN reports as a slab-out-of-bounds write.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp implicit feedback packet count to URB capacity data_ep_set_params() allocates each data URB for exactly u->packets isochronous frames, so urb->iso_frame_desc[] has u->packets slots and ctx->packets is the driver's only record of that limit. For an implicit feedback sink, snd_usb_queue_pending_output_urbs() overwrites it with the sync source's packet count, which is calculated independently from the capture endpoint's parameters. When that count is larger, prepare_playback_urb() and prepare_silent_urb() can write iso_frame_desc[] past the allocation; their existing bounds limit payload bytes, not the descriptor index. The reproducer uses a high-speed UAC2 device declaring bInterval 1 for implicit feedback capture (8 packets) and bInterval 4 for playback (1 packet). On the first capture completion after the stream starts, it accesses seven descriptors spanning 112 bytes beyond the one-packet URB: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in prepare_playback_urb (sound/usb/pcm.c:1560) Write of size 4 at addr ffff88801e696ad0 by task vhci_rx/178 prepare_playback_urb (sound/usb/pcm.c:1560) prepare_outbound_urb (sound/usb/endpoint.c:340) snd_usb_queue_pending_output_urbs (sound/usb/endpoint.c:501) snd_complete_urb (sound/usb/endpoint.c:1834) __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657) usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1741) vhci_rx_loop (drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_rx.c:107) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88801e696a00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 208-byte region [ffff88801e696a00, ffff88801e696ad0) Record the allocated packet count per endpoint and clamp both the adopted count and the packet-size copy to it. Fold the Format Type II delimiter into urb_packs before the allocation loop so the recorded limit matches every URB.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160 +5Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.15.202 to before 5.15.224; 6.1.165 to before 6.1.191; 6.6.128 to before 6.6.160; 6.12.75 to before 6.12.112; 6.18.16 to before 6.18.54; 6.19.6 to before 6.205.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 6.20Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux7.0 and later5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.15.202 to before 5.15.224; 6.1.165 to before 6.1.191; 6.6.128 to before 6.6.160; 6.12.75 to before 6.12.112; 6.18.16 to before 6.18.54; 6.19.6 to before 6.20 Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 6.20 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 7.0 and later Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Upgrade the Linux kernel to 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 6.20, 7.2.8 or 7.3, or to the fixed commit for your branch. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10 with plan none_available and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with plan no_fix_planned.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 6.20
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98265
  2. 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-qghg-5w48-4c7c
  3. 2026-10-11 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-11 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  6. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@8b637ab10e40e01b452f4aff66dad335a9b89a16 · CNA
  7. 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
  8. 2026-10-22 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  9. 2026-10-22 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
  10. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6c5c986f761756a6ff7b3aea51c11994fc2464e5 +1 · CNA
  11. 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
  12. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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