Bug 2532285 (CVE-2026-80966)

Summary:	CVE-2026-80966 kernel: ALSA: portman2x4: Check card index validity at probe
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the ALSA portman2x4 driver of the Linux kernel. This vulnerability occurs because the driver does not properly validate the card index, specifically failing to check for negative ID values. A local attacker could exploit this by providing a negative ID value via sysfs, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access. This could potentially result in system instability or information disclosure.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:07:42 UTC

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

ALSA: portman2x4: Check card index validity at probe

Although portman2x4 driver has a check of the given devptr->id value,
it doesn't check for a negative id, which is often given as "none" or
such value when bound via sysfs.  This may lead to OOB access for
index[] and other parameters.

Add a sanity check for the card index and warn/correct it if it's a
value out of the range.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-14 17:13:30 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-80966.mbox