Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99068
ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers
New
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CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers Commit e576e7843c0d ("ALSA: ctxfi: Simplify dao_clear_{left,right}_input() functions") centralized the DAO input mapper clearing logic in dao_clear_input(), but omitted the kfree() calls. It removes the mapper entries from the list and sets their pointers to NULL without freeing the allocated array. This leaks memory each time dao_clear_input() is called. Store the base pointer of the allocation before clearing the mapper entries and free the array after removing entries from the list.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3 before f7dc71c1ce885f5d9f128037ebc75d9c0356e060; e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3 before 0919d8dd19f92e12829055c75fced9a454d644bf; e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3 before 593d46fc6af9a0178a46e77d6d24b20d2314165f; 6.14 · source: vendor
Affected product
LI
Linux
Linux
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