CVE-2026-74498

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74498
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74498.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74498
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T12:27:25Z
Modified
2026-08-21T03:30:30Z
Summary
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix DMA buffer out-of-bounds write when fill_max is set
Details

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

ALSA: usb-audio: Fix DMA buffer out-of-bounds write when fill_max is set

When a USB audio endpoint requests full packet transfers via the fill_max descriptor flag, data_ep_set_params() promotes ep->curpacksize to ep->maxpacksize. However, maxsize is left at the original sample-rate derived value.

Since u->buffer_size is allocated as maxsize * packets, the resulting DMA buffer is far too small for the requested transfer length. When the USB host controller streams up to curpacksize bytes per packet, it writes past the end of the buffer via DMA, corrupting kernel heap memory.

Update maxsize to curpacksize when fill_max is set so that the allocated DMA buffer size matches the actual transfer request size.

[ changed to reassign maxsize only when ep->fill_max is set -- tiwai ]

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74498.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8fdff6a319e7dac757c558bd283dc4577e68cde7
Fixed
10c24e6fddf4bdff0b6b05a47a4347b38e6960e8
Fixed
b1770f9ac35c0ffc34914d52347c65dcd5ac049b
Fixed
6cbdd11f9b05b92f4aa29f09a66e19ed0e25e66c
Fixed
3852974608f53e530e27c21d0c6c7d79c17b3f5a
Fixed
f9b6c9576568169139ac151f7881474f384659fd
Fixed
04595233e5606d452f9f47e6989fc7ae7440fd40
Fixed
bd65b7191683bebd9923904f0558b9211b9129da
Fixed
d0199ae1666ff9ae2d1d568d64c3430d4c47f0e5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74498.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.5.0
Fixed
5.10.265
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.216
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.183
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.151
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.103
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.44
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.8

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74498.json"