Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-88689.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-88689
Upstream
Published
2026-05-27T14:17:18Z
Modified
2026-08-28T17:47:38.147730731Z
Summary
CVE-2026-46004 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.141.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: caiaq: Handle probe errors properly

The probe procedure of setupcard() in caiaq driver doesn't treat the error cases gracefully, e.g. the error from sndcardregister() calls sndcardfree() but continues. This would lead to a UAF for the further calls like sndusbcaiaqcontrol_init(), as Berk suggested in another patch in the link below.

However, the problem is not only that; in general, this function drops the all error handlings (as it's a void function) although its caller can propagate an error to sndprobe(), which eventually calls sndcardfree() as a proper error path. That said, we should treat each error case in setupcard(), and just return the error code promptly, which is then handled later as a fatal error in snd_probe().

This patch achieves it by changing the setupcard() to return an error code. Also, the superfluous sndcard_free() call is removed, too.

Note that card->privatefree can be set still safely at returning an error. All called functions in cardfree() have checks of the unassigned resources or NULL checks.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.141.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-88689.json"