High severity · published Mar 25, 2026
CVE-2026-23318
ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation
7.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.19.84 before 4.20; 5.3.11 before 5.4; 5.4.1 before 5.10.253; 5.11 before 5.15.203; 5.16 before 6.1.167; 6.2 before 6.6.130; +11 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before 82a7d0a1b88798de1a609130080ce0c65dd869e9; 57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before 8307d93e63d5f54ef10412d4db2dd551e920dee4; 57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before 0dcd1ed96c03459cf14706885c9dd3c1fd8bd29f; 57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before a0c6ae2ea84528f198bf7fd0117f12fd0cf6d7cc; 57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before d3904ca40515272681ae61ad6f561c24f190957f; 57f8770620e9b51c61089751f0b5ad3dbe376ff2 before 1e5753ff4c2e86aa88516f97a224c90a3d0b133e; +7 more · source: vendor