Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98912
ALSA: seq: oss: Reject reads that cannot fit the next event
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CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: seq: oss: Reject reads that cannot fit the next event
snd_seq_oss_read() checks whether the next queued OSS sequencer event
fits in the remaining userspace buffer before removing it from the read
queue.
The check is inverted. It currently stops when the event is smaller than
the remaining buffer, so a normal 4-byte event is not copied for an
8-byte read buffer. Conversely, an 8-byte event can be copied for a
smaller read count.
Break only when the remaining userspace buffer is smaller than the next
event, and report -EINVAL if no complete event has been copied. This
prevents an undersized read from looking like end-of-file while leaving
the event queued for a later read with a large enough buffer.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before b3b4b647313757a275be7f7f9d0415d0a90acf73; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 591226398c1f93bd994678237ff0be229b19d3bb; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 372bec8a01e2ab8eaa6851bdc346ede5f82dba99; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 2922cf2583e590f51bed613a6fcd27b9aea83674; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 7483fd5f6990f43cc266e94b3f50ce84856ebb97; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 20b8520d1ef996173065f7abdde47b99136c0785; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98912
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98912
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20b8520d1ef996173065f7abdde47b99136c0785
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2922cf2583e590f51bed613a6fcd27b9aea83674
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/372bec8a01e2ab8eaa6851bdc346ede5f82dba99
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591226398c1f93bd994678237ff0be229b19d3bb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f538253d970f4d152003841544e875828d015
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7483fd5f6990f43cc266e94b3f50ce84856ebb97
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