Vulnerability · Published Apr 24, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-31620ALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix NULL deref on missing interface 0

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-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 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix NULL deref on missing interface 0 A malicious USB device with the TASCAM US-144MKII device id can have a configuration containing bInterfaceNumber=1 but no interface 0. USB configuration descriptors are not required to assign interface numbers sequentially, so usb_ifnum_to_if(dev, 0) returns will NULL, which will then be dereferenced directly. Fix this up by checking the return value properly.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux6.19.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-27.27UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-27.27USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1008.8USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10USN-8603-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9USN-8603-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1007.7USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-8569-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1009.9USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1013.13USN-8507-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1007.7USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1014.14USN-8488-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-27.27.1USN-8488-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31620

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux dee1bcf28a3dd13ddb2e9200407864f73e9c4d63 – before 09b145c1f1331c40dc955c0024d636f25417cddbdee1bcf28a3dd13ddb2e9200407864f73e9c4d63 – before fbaf29ce00e7bce683f3faf4f2b326bd0a9e6602dee1bcf28a3dd13ddb2e9200407864f73e9c4d63 – before d04dd67ab10dc978c6c843c6bd6a2a66a9444f51dee1bcf28a3dd13ddb2e9200407864f73e9c4d63 – before 48bd344e1040b9f2eb512be73c13f5db83efc191
Linux Linux 6.18

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