CVE-2025-37891
ALSA UMP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion The conversion function from MIDI 1.0 to UMP packet contains an internal buffer to keep the incoming MIDI bytes, and its size is 4, as it was supposed to be the max size for a MIDI1 UMP packet data. However, the implementation overlooked that SysEx is handled in a different format, and it can be up to 6 bytes, as found in do_convert_to_ump(). It leads eventually to a buffer overflow, and may corrupt the memory when a longer SysEx message is received. The fix is simply to extend the buffer size to 6 to fit with the SysEx UMP message.
INFO
Published Date :
May 19, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
May 19, 2025, 1:35 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
May. 19, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion The conversion function from MIDI 1.0 to UMP packet contains an internal buffer to keep the incoming MIDI bytes, and its size is 4, as it was supposed to be the max size for a MIDI1 UMP packet data. However, the implementation overlooked that SysEx is handled in a different format, and it can be up to 6 bytes, as found in do_convert_to_ump(). It leads eventually to a buffer overflow, and may corrupt the memory when a longer SysEx message is received. The fix is simply to extend the buffer size to 6 to fit with the SysEx UMP message. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/226beac5605afbb33f8782148d188b64396145a4 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42ef48dd4ebb082a1a90b5c3feeda2e68a9e32fe Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56f1f30e6795b890463d9b20b11e576adf5a2f77 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4f77bef276e7d2eb7ab03a5d08bcbaa40710ec
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