{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-72262", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.915Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:54:49.635Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-23T12:47:11.302Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-23T12:47:11.302Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get\n\nThe ipc_control_data buffer is allocated as kzalloc(max_size), where\nmax_size covers the entire struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data including its\nflexible array payload. However, the bounds checks in bytes_ext_put\nand _bytes_ext_get compared user data lengths against max_size\ndirectly, ignoring that cdata->data sits at an offset of\nsizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes into the allocation.\n\nThis allowed writing up to sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes past\nthe end of the heap buffer from unprivileged userspace via the ALSA TLV\nkcontrol interface, and similarly allowed over-reading adjacent heap\ndata on the get path.\n\nFix all bounds checks to subtract sizeof(*cdata) from max_size so they\nreflect the actual space available at the cdata->data offset. Also fix\nthe error-path restore in bytes_ext_put which wrote to cdata->data\ninstead of cdata, causing the same overflow." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires a local ioctl on /dev/snd/controlC* (SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_TLV_WRITE/READ) through the ALSA control device; there is no network, adjacent-radio, or physical-bus attack surface for this SOF IPC3 kcontrol path.\nAC:L - On affected SOF IPC3 systems with topology bytes_ext controls, an attacker can deterministically trigger the bug by issuing TLV writes with header.length equal to max_size, causing copy_from_user/memcpy to overrun the kzalloc(max_size) buffer by sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data).\nPR:L - The fix commit states the overflow is reachable from unprivileged userspace via ALSA TLV kcontrols; any local user who can open the sound control device (typically membership in the audio group on Linux, or an app with audio access on Android/ChromeOS) can reach the vulnerable code without real root.\nUI:N - Exploitation is performed entirely by the attacker issuing ALSA TLV ioctls against an existing bytes_ext kcontrol; no victim click, mount, or other interactive action beyond the attacker's own access to the sound control interface is required.\nS:U - The vulnerability corrupts kernel heap memory from a local userspace context and enables standard kernel privilege escalation or denial of service; it does not cross a VM, container, or IOMMU security boundary into a separate authority.\nC:H - The get path can copy_to_user up to sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes beyond the allocated ipc_control_data buffer, leaking adjacent kernel heap contents; combined with the controllable overflow, this is an out-of-bounds read/memory corruption primitive consistent with arbitrary disclosure potential.\nI:H - The put path performs an out-of-bounds heap write of up to sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes past the kzalloc(max_size) allocation (including via the err_restore memcpy), enabling heap metadata/object corruption that can be developed into arbitrary kernel write or code execution.\nA:H - Heap out-of-bounds writes of roughly 96 bytes into adjacent slab objects can corrupt kernel structures and trigger oops/panic or wedged audio/subsystem state; repeated TLV operations make denial of service reliably achievable even without full exploitation." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "sound/soc/sof/ipc3-control.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "af4b437a463ac0482ba705434a44da06783778e6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "1adde1941bba7b0d7104b86ed819d48d81cb0ad9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "eaa67e139c9217099e2a7b717aeeb46c65de3494", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "121577383b5cf221e86581e0f2bcca4c66f17469", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "f4933e1d11b97b6a0951648b7c3e53850e1b33a9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6", "lessThan": "fd46668d538993218eea19c6925c868ac0f2630c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "sound/soc/sof/ipc3-control.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.184", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.145", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.97", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.184" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b437a463ac0482ba705434a44da06783778e6" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1adde1941bba7b0d7104b86ed819d48d81cb0ad9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa67e139c9217099e2a7b717aeeb46c65de3494" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121577383b5cf221e86581e0f2bcca4c66f17469" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4933e1d11b97b6a0951648b7c3e53850e1b33a9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd46668d538993218eea19c6925c868ac0f2630c" } ], "title": "ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }