CVE-2026-31777 (GCVE-0-2026-31777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 14:15 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:15
VLAI
Title
ALSA: ctxfi: Check the error for index mapping
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ctxfi: Check the error for index mapping The ctxfi driver blindly assumed a proper value returned from daio_device_index(), but it's not always true. Add a proper error check to deal with the error from the function.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8cc72361481f00253f1e468ade5795427386d593 , < d4d3b8cbb70a2de247cbfe99bdb232aef9ed59bc (git)
Affected: 8cc72361481f00253f1e468ade5795427386d593 , < 277c6960d4ddb94d16198afd70c92c3d4593d131 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.31
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.31 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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