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CVE-2026-23318 ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct version for UAC3 header validation The entry of the validators table for UAC3 AC header descriptor is defined with the wrong protocol version UAC_VERSION_2, while it should have been UAC_VERSION_3. This results in the validator never matching for actual UAC3 devices (protocol == UAC_VERSION_3), causing their header descriptors to bypass validation entirely. A malicious USB device presenting a truncated UAC3 header could exploit this to cause out-of-bounds reads when the driver later accesses unvalidated descriptor fields. The bug was introduced in the same commit as the recently fixed UAC3 feature unit sub-type typo, and appears to be from the same copy-paste error when the UAC3 section was created from the UAC2 section.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Linux 7.0 earliest → < 7.0 7.0
Linux 6.19 earliest → < 6.19.7 6.19.7
Linux 6.18 earliest → < 6.18.17 6.18.17
Linux 6.12 earliest → < 6.12.77 6.12.77
Linux 6.6 earliest → < 6.6.130 6.6.130
Linux 6.1 earliest → < 6.1.167 6.1.167
Linux 5.15 earliest → < 5.15.203 5.15.203
Linux 5.10 earliest → < 5.10.253 5.10.253
Linux 5.4 No fix stated
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SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Versions not published
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