CVE-2026-23078 (GCVE-0-2026-23078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:59
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Title
ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval The scarlett2_usb_get_config() function has a logic error in the endianness conversion code that can cause buffer overflows when count > 1. The code checks `if (size == 2)` where `size` is the total buffer size in bytes, then loops `count` times treating each element as u16 (2 bytes). This causes the loop to access `count * 2` bytes when the buffer only has `size` bytes allocated. Fix by checking the element size (config_item->size) instead of the total buffer size. This ensures the endianness conversion matches the actual element type.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < d5e80d1f97ae55bcea1426f551e4419245b41b9c (git)
Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < 51049f6e3f05d70660e2458ad3bb302a3721b751 (git)
Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < 91a756d22f0482eac5bedb113c8922f90b254449 (git)
Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < 27049f50be9f5ae3a62d272128ce0b381cb26a24 (git)
Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < 31a3eba5c265a763260976674a22851e83128f6d (git)
Affected: ac34df733d2dfe3b553897a1e9e1a44414f09834 , < 6f5c69f72e50d51be3a8c028ae7eda42c82902cb (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.199 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.162 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.122 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.68 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.8 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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