UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-90220
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: Don't leak the extension cell pointer in the bounce payload The bounce_error_ev
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: seq: Don't leak the extension cell pointer in the bounce payload
The bounce_error_event() embeds the failed event in the bounce payload
by pointing data.ext.ptr at it. When that event is a queued
variable-length event, its own data.ext.ptr holds the address of its
first extension cell, put there by snd_seq_event_dup(). The payload
goes out verbatim through snd_seq_expand_var_event(), so the address
reaches userspace.
That is the same address commit 705dd6dcbc0e ("ALSA: seq: Clear
variable event pointer on read") removed from the event header. The
read path still clears it there, just above the call that expands the
payload.
Embed a sanitised copy instead, treated exactly as snd_seq_read()
treats the header. A stack copy is enough because delivery is
synchronous and snd_seq_event_dup() copies before returning.
An unprivileged client reaches this by setting SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_BOUNCE,
queueing a variable-length event to a port that does not exist and
reading the bounce back. Eight bytes on 64-bit, from its own pool.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c3f856d13a91a0d4c302a0c6854813621136db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e1592d3c270ff4642d5d6dc55c545306eb0693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e6e471eef1d5d8cb056c7d364023fe048249204
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e8d40663997aacaa198f37ce6893e07aaba77a
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-17 via NVD.
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