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CVE-2026-23078

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.14%
Risk score
2.1
Published
2026-02-04
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval The scarlett2_usb_get_config() function has a logic error in the endianness conversion code that can cause buffer overflows when count > 1. The code checks `if (size == 2)` where `size` is the total buffer size in bytes, then loops `count` times treating each element as u16 (2 bytes). This causes the loop to access `count * 2` bytes when the buffer only has `size` bytes allocated. Fix by checking the element size (config_item->size) instead of the total buffer size. This ensures the endianness conversion matches the actual element type. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA scarlett2 driver for Focusrite Scarlett audio interfaces. The scarlett2_usb_get_config() function incorrectly checks the total buffer size instead of element size when performing endianness conversion. When count is greater than 1, the loop accesses count*2 bytes while only size bytes are allocated, causing a buffer overflow.

Weaknesses

CWE-131

Coverage 3

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