CVE-2026-23208
ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames In this case, the user constructed the parameters with maxpacksize 40 for rate 22050 / pps 1000, and packsize[0] 22 packsize[1] 23. The buffer size for each data URB is maxpacksize * packets, which in this example is 40 * 6 = 240; When the user performs a write operation to send audio data into the ALSA PCM playback stream, the calculated number of frames is packsize[0] * packets = 264, which exceeds the allocated URB buffer size, triggering the out-of-bounds (OOB) issue reported by syzbot [1]. Added a check for the number of single data URB frames when calculating the number of frames to prevent [1]. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 Write of size 264 at addr ffff88804337e800 by task syz.0.17/5506 Call Trace: copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 prepare_playback_urb+0x953/0x13d0 sound/usb/pcm.c:1611 prepare_outbound_urb+0x377/0xc50 sound/usb/endpoint.c:333
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 18, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Solution
- Apply the latest Linux kernel patches for ALSA.
- Ensure the kernel is compiled with the fix.
- Reboot the system after updating.
- Verify the vulnerability is resolved.
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CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Feb. 16, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282aba56713bbc58155716b55ca7222b2d9cf3c8 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/480a1490c595a242f27493a4544b3efb21b29f6a Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab0b5e92fc36ee82c1bd01fe896d0f775ed5de41 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4dc012b027c9eb101583011089dea14d744e314 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d67dde02049e632ba58d3c44a164a74b6a737154 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0ed5a36fb3ab9e7b9ee45cd17f09f6d5f594360 -
New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Feb. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames In this case, the user constructed the parameters with maxpacksize 40 for rate 22050 / pps 1000, and packsize[0] 22 packsize[1] 23. The buffer size for each data URB is maxpacksize * packets, which in this example is 40 * 6 = 240; When the user performs a write operation to send audio data into the ALSA PCM playback stream, the calculated number of frames is packsize[0] * packets = 264, which exceeds the allocated URB buffer size, triggering the out-of-bounds (OOB) issue reported by syzbot [1]. Added a check for the number of single data URB frames when calculating the number of frames to prevent [1]. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 Write of size 264 at addr ffff88804337e800 by task syz.0.17/5506 Call Trace: copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 prepare_playback_urb+0x953/0x13d0 sound/usb/pcm.c:1611 prepare_outbound_urb+0x377/0xc50 sound/usb/endpoint.c:333 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62932d9ed639a9fa71b4ac1a56766a4b43abb7e4 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef5749ef8b307bf8717945701b1b79d036af0a15