Bug 2532468 (CVE-2026-80969)

Summary:	CVE-2026-80969 kernel: ALSA: mpu401: Check card index validity at probe
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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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 Linux kernel's ALSA mpu401 driver. The driver fails to validate the card index when a device is manually bound through the sysfs interface. This oversight can lead to an out-of-bounds memory access. A local attacker with appropriate permissions could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve privilege escalation.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 23:21:08 UTC

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

ALSA: mpu401: Check card index validity at probe

mpu401 driver blindly trusts that the given devptr->id value is within
the proper card index range at probe.  It's OK for the devices the
driver itself creates at the module probe time, but if the device is
bound manually via sysfs interface, this could be -1 as "none", and
this leads 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 17:35:23 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-80969.mbox