ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 21 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow We've got syzbot reports hitting INT_MAX overflow at vmalloc() allocation that is called from snd_pcm_plug_alloc(). Although we apply the restrictions to input parameters, it's based only on the hw_params of the underlying PCM device. Since the PCM OSS layer allocates a temporary buffer for the data conversion, the size may become unexpectedly large when more channels or higher rates is given; in the reported case, it went over INT_MAX, hence it hits WARN_ON(). This patch is an attempt to avoid such an overflow and an allocation for too large buffers. First off, it adds the limit of 1MB as the upper bound for period bytes. This must be large enough for all use cases, and we really don't want to handle a larger temporary buffer than this size. The size check is performed at two places, where the original period bytes is calculated and where the plugin buffer size is calculated. In addition, the driver uses array_size() and array3_size() for multiplications to catch overflows for the converted period size and buffer bytes.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb6402c3c4a7c26d97c92d70186424097b6e366
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-54934
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-49292
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0307 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.19.237cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.20 < 5.4.188cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.109cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.32cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 5.16.18cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.12 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.12 ; unaffected 4.19.237 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.188 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.109 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.32 ≤ 5.15.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |