CVE-2026-31778
EUVD-2026-2659101.05.2026, 15:16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: caiaq: fix stack out-of-bounds read in init_card
The loop creates a whitespace-stripped copy of the card shortname
where `len < sizeof(card->id)` is used for the bounds check. Since
sizeof(card->id) is 16 and the local id buffer is also 16 bytes,
writing 16 non-space characters fills the entire buffer,
overwriting the terminating nullbyte.
When this non-null-terminated string is later passed to
snd_card_set_id() -> copy_valid_id_string(), the function scans
forward with `while (*nid && ...)` and reads past the end of the
stack buffer, reading the contents of the stack.
A USB device with a product name containing many non-ASCII, non-space
characters (e.g. multibyte UTF-8) will reliably trigger this as follows:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in copy_valid_id_string
sound/core/init.c:696 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in snd_card_set_id_no_lock+0x698/0x74c
sound/core/init.c:718
The off-by-one has been present since commit bafeee5b1f8d ("ALSA:
snd_usb_caiaq: give better shortname") from June 2009 (v2.6.31-rc1),
which first introduced this whitespace-stripping loop. The original
code never accounted for the null terminator when bounding the copy.
Fix this by changing the loop bound to `sizeof(card->id) - 1`,
ensuring at least one byte remains as the null terminator.EnginsightAffected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.253 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.203 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.1.168 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.2 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.6.134 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.7 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.12.81 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.13 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.18.22 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.19 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.19.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc3 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc5 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0:rc6 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
Vulnerability Media Exposure
References