Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get
The ipc_control_data buffer is allocated as kzalloc(max_size), where max_size covers the entire struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data including its flexible array payload. However, the bounds checks in bytes_ext_put and _bytes_ext_get compared user data lengths against max_size directly, ignoring that cdata->data sits at an offset of sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes into the allocation.
This allowed writing up to sizeof(struct sof_ipc_ctrl_data) bytes past the end of the heap buffer from unprivileged userspace via the ALSA TLV kcontrol interface, and similarly allowed over-reading adjacent heap data on the get path.
Fix all bounds checks to subtract sizeof(*cdata) from max_size so they reflect the actual space available at the cdata->data offset. Also fix the error-path restore in bytes_ext_put which wrote to cdata->data instead of cdata, causing the same overflow.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < af4b437a463ac0482ba705434a44da06783778e6; >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < 1adde1941bba7b0d7104b86ed819d48d81cb0ad9; >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < eaa67e139c9217099e2a7b717aeeb46c65de3494; >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < 121577383b5cf221e86581e0f2bcca4c66f17469; >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < f4933e1d11b97b6a0951648b7c3e53850e1b33a9; >= 67ec2a091630c28ea8d05db2bd7178a05b04b7e6, < fd46668d538993218eea19c6925c868ac0f2630c |
| Linux | Linux | 5.18 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121577383b5cf221e86581e0f2bcca4c66f17469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1adde1941bba7b0d7104b86ed819d48d81cb0ad9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b437a463ac0482ba705434a44da06783778e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa67e139c9217099e2a7b717aeeb46c65de3494
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4933e1d11b97b6a0951648b7c3e53850e1b33a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd46668d538993218eea19c6925c868ac0f2630c
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Received