Bug 2451189 (CVE-2026-23318) - CVE-2026-23318 kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation
Summary: CVE-2026-23318 kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header v...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23318
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 17:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:03:41 UTC
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.


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