CVE-2026-98741

ALSA: ua101: reject mismatched capture/playback packet sizes

Published Oct 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: ua101: reject mismatched capture/playback packet sizes

detect_usb_format() cross-checks bSubframeSize, bBitResolution and
tSamFreq between the capture and playback interfaces, but never relates
the two endpoints' wMaxPacketSize and bNrChannels. Each playback URB
gets a buffer of ua->playback.max_packet_bytes, while the number of
bytes written into it is derived from the capture stream:
capture_urb_complete() computes frames from the received capture packet
and capture.frame_bytes, and start_usb_playback() and playback_work()
multiply that by playback.frame_bytes.

A device declaring a large capture wMaxPacketSize with few capture
channels and a small playback wMaxPacketSize with many playback channels
therefore memset()s and memcpy()s past the end of the playback buffer,
in open() of the PCM node the driver registers during probe.
usb_submit_urb() rejects the over-long iso_frame_desc[0].length with
-EMSGSIZE, but only after the write.

Reject such descriptors at probe time. Genuine UA-101/UA-1000 hardware
declares proportional packet sizes and is unaffected.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in start_usb_playback (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:586)
Write of size 2048 at addr ffff8881098f3c00 by task exploit/5021
Call Trace:
__asan_memset (mm/kasan/shadow.c:84)
start_usb_playback (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:586)
playback_pcm_open (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:679)
snd_pcm_open_substream (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2829)
snd_pcm_open (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2865 sound/core/pcm_native.c:2932)
snd_pcm_playback_open (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2891)
snd_open (sound/core/sound.c:166)
chrdev_open (fs/char_dev.c:411)
do_dentry_open (fs/open.c:996)
vfs_open (fs/open.c:1101)
path_openat (fs/namei.c:4837 fs/namei.c:5000)
do_file_open (fs/namei.c:5029)
do_sys_openat2 (fs/open.c:1417)
__x64_sys_openat (fs/open.c:1423 fs/open.c:1439 fs/open.c:1434)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881098f3c00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
allocated 168-byte region [ffff8881098f3c00, ffff8881098f3ca8)

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4850-1 linux-6.12 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9018-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9018-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9019-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9020-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9022-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9023-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9024-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9025-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9026-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9039-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9040-1 Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9066-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9091-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Weaknesses CWE-787
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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ua101: reject mismatched capture/playback packet sizes detect_usb_format() cross-checks bSubframeSize, bBitResolution and tSamFreq between the capture and playback interfaces, but never relates the two endpoints' wMaxPacketSize and bNrChannels. Each playback URB gets a buffer of ua->playback.max_packet_bytes, while the number of bytes written into it is derived from the capture stream: capture_urb_complete() computes frames from the received capture packet and capture.frame_bytes, and start_usb_playback() and playback_work() multiply that by playback.frame_bytes. A device declaring a large capture wMaxPacketSize with few capture channels and a small playback wMaxPacketSize with many playback channels therefore memset()s and memcpy()s past the end of the playback buffer, in open() of the PCM node the driver registers during probe. usb_submit_urb() rejects the over-long iso_frame_desc[0].length with -EMSGSIZE, but only after the write. Reject such descriptors at probe time. Genuine UA-101/UA-1000 hardware declares proportional packet sizes and is unaffected. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in start_usb_playback (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:586) Write of size 2048 at addr ffff8881098f3c00 by task exploit/5021 Call Trace: __asan_memset (mm/kasan/shadow.c:84) start_usb_playback (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:586) playback_pcm_open (sound/usb/misc/ua101.c:679) snd_pcm_open_substream (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2829) snd_pcm_open (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2865 sound/core/pcm_native.c:2932) snd_pcm_playback_open (sound/core/pcm_native.c:2891) snd_open (sound/core/sound.c:166) chrdev_open (fs/char_dev.c:411) do_dentry_open (fs/open.c:996) vfs_open (fs/open.c:1101) path_openat (fs/namei.c:4837 fs/namei.c:5000) do_file_open (fs/namei.c:5029) do_sys_openat2 (fs/open.c:1417) __x64_sys_openat (fs/open.c:1423 fs/open.c:1439 fs/open.c:1434) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881098f3c00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of allocated 168-byte region [ffff8881098f3c00, ffff8881098f3ca8)
Title ALSA: ua101: reject mismatched capture/playback packet sizes
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 30, 2026, 12:39 PM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026, 10:25 AM
Status
Received
Published
Oct 18, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 30, 2026, 1:21 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM