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CVE-2025-40269
published 2025-12-06

CVE-2025-40269: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer The PCM stream data in…

PriorityP343high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.16%
5.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer The PCM stream data in USB-audio driver is transferred over USB URB packet buffers, and each packet size is determined dynamically. The packet sizes are limited by some factors such as wMaxPacketSize USB descriptor. OTOH, in the current code, the actually used packet sizes are determined only by the rate and the PPS, which may be bigger than the size limit above. This results in a buffer overflow, as reported by syzbot. Basically when the limit is smaller than the calculated packet size, it implies that something is wrong, most likely a weird USB descriptor. So the best option would be just to return an error at the parameter setup time before doing any further operations. This patch introduces such a sanity check, and returns -EINVAL when the packet size is greater than maxpacksize. The comparison with ep->packsize[1] alone should suffice since it's always equal or greater than ep->packsize[0].

Affected

46 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 02c56650f3c118d3752122996d96173d26bb13aa < 480a1490c595a242f27493a4544b3efb21b29f6a480a1490c595a242f27493a4544b3efb21b29f6a
linuxlinux>= 2d50acd7dbd0682a56968ad9551341d7fc5b6eaf < c4dc012b027c9eb101583011089dea14d744e314c4dc012b027c9eb101583011089dea14d744e314
linuxlinux>= 4.14.186 < 4.14.1884.14.188
linuxlinux>= 4.19.130 < 4.19.1324.19.132
linuxlinux>= 4.4.229 < 4.4.2304.4.230
linuxlinux>= 4.9.229 < 4.9.2304.9.230
linuxlinux>= 5.4.49 < 5.4.515.4.51
linuxlinux>= 5.7.6 < 5.7.85.7.8
linuxlinux>= 5ef30e443e6d3654cccecec99cf481a69a0a6d3b < ab0b5e92fc36ee82c1bd01fe896d0f775ed5de41ab0b5e92fc36ee82c1bd01fe896d0f775ed5de41
linuxlinux>= 99703c921864a318e3e8aae74fde071b1ff35bea < 282aba56713bbc58155716b55ca7222b2d9cf3c8282aba56713bbc58155716b55ca7222b2d9cf3c8
linuxlinux>= aba41867dd66939d336fdf604e4d73b805d8039f < e0ed5a36fb3ab9e7b9ee45cd17f09f6d5f594360e0ed5a36fb3ab9e7b9ee45cd17f09f6d5f594360
linuxlinux>= d288dc74f8cf95cb7ae0aaf245b7128627a49bf3 < d67dde02049e632ba58d3c44a164a74b6a737154d67dde02049e632ba58d3c44a164a74b6a737154
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < 6a5da3fa80affc948923f20a4e086177f505e86e6a5da3fa80affc948923f20a4e086177f505e86e
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < 217d47255a2ec8b246f2725f5db9ac3f1d4109d7217d47255a2ec8b246f2725f5db9ac3f1d4109d7
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < ef592bf2232a2daa9fffa8881881fc9957ea56e9ef592bf2232a2daa9fffa8881881fc9957ea56e9
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < ece3b981bb6620e47fac826a2156c090b1a936a0ece3b981bb6620e47fac826a2156c090b1a936a0
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < 98e9d5e33bda8db875cc1a4fe99c192658e45ab698e9d5e33bda8db875cc1a4fe99c192658e45ab6
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < d2c04f20ccc6c0d219e6d3038bab45bc66a178add2c04f20ccc6c0d219e6d3038bab45bc66a178ad
linuxlinux>= f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c < 05a1fc5efdd8560f34a3af39c9cf1e1526cc3ddf05a1fc5efdd8560f34a3af39c9cf1e1526cc3ddf
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.15.1975.15.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.247-15.10.247-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.159-16.1.159-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.3MEDIUM
vendor_msrc4.3MEDIUM
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