Bug 2541195 (CVE-2026-98053)

Summary: CVE-2026-98053 kernel: ASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access
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Version: unspecifiedCC: 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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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Intel Audio Voice Speech (AVS) driver. This flaw may allow a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or expose sensitive kernel memory by triggering an out-of-bounds read. The issue occurs when the driver processes audio topology settings without adequately verifying configuration identifiers against array boundaries.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:58:48 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access

Existing code accesses enties found in ->init_configs array through
indexes that are part of ->config_ids array.  Those two are limited by:
->num_init_configs and ->num_config_ids respectively.  Using ID larger
or equal to ->num_init_configs leads to out-of-bounds access:

avs_path_module_send_init_configs()
loop:
	(...) &acomp->tplg->init_configs[ids[i]]
					^ out-of-bounds candidate

Rather than adding another if-statement, refactor the code.  There is no
need to store the IDs, have a list of pointers to actual config-entries
instead.  As the verification of ->init_config entries does not differ from
verification of other types that are part of the topology.c file, simply
reuse the code.