CVE-2026-23318CWE-125

CVE-2026-23318

High · published March 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation

The entry of the validators table for UAC3 AC header descriptor is

defined with the wrong protocol version UAC_VERSION_2, while it should

have been UAC_VERSION_3. This results in the validator never matching

for actual UAC3 devices (protocol == UAC_VERSION_3), causing their

header descriptors to bypass validation entirely. A malicious USB

device presenting a truncated UAC3 header could exploit this to cause

out-of-bounds reads when the driver later accesses unvalidated

descriptor fields.

The bug was introduced in the same commit as the recently fixed UAC3

feature unit sub-type typo, and appears to be from the same copy-paste

error when the UAC3 section was created from the UAC2 section.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00139 · 3.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-03-25T15:16Z
Affected products (17)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.19.84, < 4.204.20
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.3.11, < 5.45.4
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.4.1, < 5.10.2535.10.253
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2035.15.203
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1676.1.167
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1306.6.130
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.776.12.77
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.176.18.17
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.76.19.7
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References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAR 10:27Z
    ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation
    cvelistv5