High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-72261
CVE-2026-72261
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control
In snd_sof_update_control(), firmware-provided cdata->num_elems is checked against local_cdata->data->size but never against the actual allocation size. If local_cdata->data->size was previously set to an inconsistent value, the memcpy could write past the allocated buffer.
Add a bounds check to ensure num_elems fits within the available space in the ipc_control_data allocation before copying.
Affected products
48- osv-coords47 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftoolpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdumppkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-develpkg:linux/kernel
< 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8+ 46 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.rt7.508.el8_10
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.rt7.508.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.rt7.508.el8_10
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.18.0, < 6.1.178
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc25a3e06364f48c4ef06016852f8b82425151anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a591bf6fd41fd14bdae689aafac4a9ee702c23cnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/390aa4c9339bb0ec0bc8d554e830faf93ca9d49envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3abaedf6a58469610136d2dace1a85cddf7afcfnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf67f1302f2080b4d241b973364aacda70ad740nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee781058cd4d71e4449f41cbe6a3b8c59daa2c51nvd
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