Vulnerability · Published Feb 14, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-23208ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames In this case, the user constructed the parameters with maxpacksize 40 for rate 22050 / pps 1000, and packsize[0] 22 packsize[1] 23. The buffer size for each data URB is maxpacksize * packets, which in this example is 40 * 6 = 240; When the user performs a write operation to send audio data into the ALSA PCM playback stream, the calculated number of frames is packsize[0] * packets = 264, which exceeds the allocated URB buffer size, triggering the out-of-bounds (OOB) issue reported by syzbot [1]. Added a check for the number of single data URB frames when calculating the number of frames to prevent [1]. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 Write of size 264 at addr ffff88804337e800 by task syz.0.17/5506 Call Trace: copy_to_urb+0x261/0x460 sound/usb/pcm.c:1487 prepare_playback_urb+0x953/0x13d0 sound/usb/pcm.c:1611 prepare_outbound_urb+0x377/0xc50 sound/usb/endpoint.c:333

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-23208
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23208
Debian:14linux6.18.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23208

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 02c56650f3c118d3752122996d96173d26bb13aa – before 480a1490c595a242f27493a4544b3efb21b29f6a5ef30e443e6d3654cccecec99cf481a69a0a6d3b – before ab0b5e92fc36ee82c1bd01fe896d0f775ed5de4199703c921864a318e3e8aae74fde071b1ff35bea – before 282aba56713bbc58155716b55ca7222b2d9cf3c82d50acd7dbd0682a56968ad9551341d7fc5b6eaf – before c4dc012b027c9eb101583011089dea14d744e314aba41867dd66939d336fdf604e4d73b805d8039f – before e0ed5a36fb3ab9e7b9ee45cd17f09f6d5f594360d288dc74f8cf95cb7ae0aaf245b7128627a49bf3 – before d67dde02049e632ba58d3c44a164a74b6a737154f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c – before 581821f4b2ecbf411027b0af82b561ee208f4ba4f0bd62b64016508938df9babe47f65c2c727d25c – before 152fc4f7b4a8af1c0418d2722f3b2729799cc837
Linux Linux 5.8

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